PLANNED PARENTHOOD, ROCKY MOUNTAINS SERV. CORP. v. OWENS

No. Civ.A. 99-WM-60.

107 F.Supp.2d 1271 (2000)

PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS SERVICES CORPORATION; Peter A. Vargas, M.D.; Boulder Abortion Clinic, P.C., Warren M. Hern, M.D.; James A. McGregor, M.D.; Michael D. Rudnick, M.D.; Aris M. Sophocles, Jr., M.D.; and Women's Choice of Boulder Valley, Inc., Plaintiffs, v. William OWENS, in his official capacity as Governor of the State of Colorado; David J. Thomas, in his official capacity as District Attorney for the First Judicial District, State of Colorado; A. William Ritter, Jr., in his official capacity as District Attorney for the Second Judicial District, State of Colorado; Glenn Davis, in his official capacity as District Attorney for the Third Judicial District, State of Colorado; Jeanne Marie Smith, in her official capacity as District Attorney for the Fourth Judicial District, State of Colorado; Michael Goodbee, in his official capacity as District Attorney for the Fifth Judicial District, State of Colorado; Sara Law, in her official capacity as District Attorney for the Sixth Judicial District, State of Colorado; Wyatt Angelo, in his official capacity as District Attorney for the Seventh Judicial District, State of Colorado; Stuart A. Van Meveren, in his official capacity as District Attorney for the Eighth Judicial District, State of Colorado; Mark McLucas Myers, in his official capacity as District Attorney for the Ninth Judicial District, State of Colorado; Gus Sanstrom, in his official capacity as District Attorney for the Tenth Judicial District, State of Colorado; Edward J. Rodgers, III, in his official capacity as District Attorney for the Eleventh Judicial District, State of Colorado; Robert Pastore, in his official capacity as District Attorney for the Twelfth Judicial District, State of Colorado; Mark Adams, in his official capacity as District Attorney for the Thirteenth Judicial District, State of Colorado; Paul R. McLimans, in his official capacity as District Attorney for the Fourteenth Judicial District, State of Colorado; Ronald E. Foster, in his official capacity as District Attorney for the Fifteenth Judicial District, State of Colorado; Gary Stork, in his official capacity as District Attorney for the Sixteenth Judicial District, State of Colorado; Robert S. Grant, in his official capacity as District Attorney for the Seventeenth Judicial District, State of Colorado; James Peters, in his official capacity as District Attorney for the Eighteenth Judicial District, State of Colorado; Al Dominguez, in his official capacity as District Attorney for the Nineteenth Judicial District, State of Colorado; Alexander M. Hunter, in his official capacity as District Attorney for the Twentieth Judicial District, State of Colorado; Frank J. Daniels, in his official capacity as District Attorney for the Twenty-First Judicial District, State of Colorado; and Michael F. Green, in his official capacity as District Attorney for the Twenty-Second Judicial District, State of Colorado; Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Colorado.

August 16, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward T. Ramey, Blain D. Myhre, Stacey Stern Chapman, Isaacson, Rosenbaurm, Woods & Levy, P.C., Denver, CO, Tim Atkeson, Arnold & Porter, Denver, CO, Kevin D. Paul, Office of Special Counsel, Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains, Inc., Denver, CO, Mark Silverstein, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Colorado, Denver, CO, Louise Melling, Jennifer E. Dalven, Jody Yetzer, Talcott Camp, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, Reproductive Freedom Project, New York City, for plaintiffs.

Ken Salazar, Attorney General, Maurice G. Knaizer, Deputy Attorney General, Denver, CO, Henry R. Reeve, Robert J. Whitley, Office of the District Attorney, Denver, CO, Jeanne M. Smith, District Attorney, Fourth Judicial District, Colorado Springs, CO, for defendants.


MEMORANDUM DECISION AND ORDER

MILLER, District Judge.

Introduction

The issue of this case is whether the Colorado Parental Notification Act (Act)1, Colo.Rev.Stat. §§ 12-37.5-101, et seq. (1998), which requires a physician to notify the parents of a minor prior to performing an abortion upon her, violates the minor's rights protected by the United States Constitution.

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