A CHOICE FOR WOMEN v. BUTTERWORTH

No. 98-0774-CIV.

54 F.Supp.2d 1148 (1998)

A CHOICE FOR WOMEN, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Robert A BUTTERWORTH, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. Florida.

December 2, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charlene Miller Carres, Tallahassee, FL, Louis M. Silber, Lewis Vegosen Rosenbach & Silber, West Palm Beach, FL, Janet Benshoof, New York City, Bebe J. Anderson, New York City, Marshall Joel Osofsky, Lewis Vegosen Rosenbach & Silber, West Palm Beach, FL, Priscilla J. Smith, New York City, for A Choice for Women, Edward R. Watson, Presidential Women's Center, Michael Benjamin, James Pendergraft, Orlando Women's Center, Women's Health Center in Orlando, Women's Health Center in Daytona Beach, Ralph Bundy, North American Women's Health & Counseling Services, Inc, Feminist Women's Health Center in Tallahassee.

Eve C. Gartner, New York City, Charlene Miller Carres, Louis M. Silber, Janet Benshoof, Bebe J. Anderson, Marshall Joel Osofsky, Priscilla J. Smith, Center for Reproductive Law & Policy, New York, NY, for Florida Association for Planned Parenthood Affiliates, Inc.

Charlene Miller Carres, Louis M. Silber, Janet Benshoof, Bebe J. Anderson, Marshall Joel Osofsky, Priscilla J. Smith, Center for Reproductive Law & Policy, New York, NY, for Bella Doe, National Women's Political Caucus of Florida, Florida Women's Consortium, on behalf of themselves, their staffs, and their patients.

Kathleen Marie Burgener, Office of the Attorney General, Fort Lauderdale, FL, for Robert A. Butterworth, Katherine Fernandez Rundle.

Andrew Harris Kayton, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, Miami, FL, for American Civil Liberties Union of Florida, Incorporated.


AMENDED MEMORANDUM OPINION

GRAHAM, District Judge.

THIS CAUSE comes before the Court upon the Plaintiffs' Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order or for Permanent Injunction, (D.E.# 24), filed June 24, 1998.

Plaintiffs sought declaratory and injunctive relief from this Court to prevent HB 1227, the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act ("the Act"), from taking effect on June 30, 1998. On June 30, 1998, this Court entered a Temporary...

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