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SIMAT CORP. v. AHCCCS

No. CV-01-0324-PR.

56 P.3d 28 (2002)

203 Ariz. 454

SIMAT CORP. d/b/a Abortion Services of Phoenix; Arizona Reproductive Medicine & Gynecology, Ltd., Robert H. Tamis, M.D.; Family Planning Associates Medical Group; Joel B. Bettigole, M.D.; Damon S. Raphael, M.D.; Tucson Woman's Clinic; and William A. Meyer, Jr., M.D., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. ARIZONA HEALTH CARE COST CONTAINMENT SYSTEM, and Phyllis Biedess, in her capacity as Director of AHCCCS, Defendants-Appellants.

Supreme Court of Arizona.

Reconsideration Denied December 1, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

LaVoy & Chernoff, P.C. by Christopher A. LaVoy, Mark D. Chernoff, Phoenix, and Center for Reproductive Law & Policy by Bebe J. Anderson, Hillary Schwab, New York, for Plaintiffs-Appellees, Simat Corporation, Abortion Services of Phoenix; Arizona Reproductive Medicine & Gynecology, Ltd.; Robert H. Tamis, M.D.; Family Planning Associates Medical Group; Joel B. Bettigole, M.D.; Damon S. Raphael, M.D.; Tucson Woman's Clinic; and William A. Meyer, Jr.

Johnston & Kelly, P.L.C. by Logan T. Johnston, III, Phoenix, for Defendants-Appellants, Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System and Phyllis Biedess.

Paul Benjamin Linton, Northbrook, Illinois, and Center for Arizona Policy by Lynden L. Munsil, Gary S. McCaleb, Scottsdale, for Amicus Curiae Members of the Arizona Legislature.

Greenberg Traurig, L.L.P. by Leigh Anne Ciccarelli, Phoenix, for Amici Curiae Southern Arizona Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild and Arizona Civil Liberties Union.

Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering by M. Carolyn Cox, Washington, D.C., and Bonnie L. Booden, Phoenix, for Amicus Curiae Southern Arizona People's Law Center and National Network of Abortion Funds.

OPINION

FELDMAN, Justice.

¶ 1 We granted review to decide whether the state constitution permits the state and the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS) to refuse to fund medically necessary abortion procedures for pregnant women suffering from serious illness while, at the same time, funding such procedures for victims of rape or incest or when the abortion is necessary to save the woman's life.

¶ 2 The court of appeals...

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