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RENEE B. v. STATE, AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE

No. 1D99-1238.

756 So.2d 218 (2000)

RENEE B.; Barbara S. Hunter; Tahara D. Wilson; Presidential Women's Center, Inc.; Florida Women's Medical Center, Inc., d/b/a Women's Clinic; Aware Woman Medical Center d/b/a Manhattan Magnolia Corporation, Aware Woman Health Center d/b/a Magnolia Management and Marketing Group, Inc.; Aware Woman Center For Choice, Inc.; Feminist Women's Health Center in Tallahassee, Inc.; Central Florida Women's Organization, Inc.; Randall Brooks Whitney, M.D.; Michael Benjamin, M.D.; Emergency Medical Assistance, Inc., Appellants, v. STATE of Florida, AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

April 20, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bonnie Scott Jones and Jennifer Lemberg, Center for Reproductive Law & Policy, New York City; Larry Helm Spalding, ACLU Foundation of Florida, Tallahassee, for Appellants.

William H. Roberts, Deputy General Counsel, Agency for Health Care Administration, Tallahassee, for Appellee.

Elizabeth Cavendish, National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League, Washington, D.C.; James P. Joseph and Julie K. Stapel, Arnold & Porter, Washington, D.C., attorneys for Amici Curiae.

Thomas A. Horkan, Jr., Tallahassee; Paul Benjamin Linton, Northbrook, Illinois, attorneys on behalf of members of the Florida Legislature, Amici Curiae.

PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal from an order granting summary judgment in favor of the Agency for Health Care Administration ("AHCA"), determining as a matter of law that the challenged rules regarding Medicaid funding for medically necessary abortions do not violate the right to privacy guaranteed by Article I, section 23, of the Florida Constitution, or the equal protection of the laws guaranteed by Article I, section 2 of the Florida Constitution. We affirm.

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