PLANNED PARENTHOOD ARIZONA, INC. v. MAYES

No. CV-23-0005-PR.

PLANNED PARENTHOOD ARIZONA, INC., SUCCESSOR-IN-INTEREST TO PLANNED PARENTHOOD CENTER OF TUCSON, INC.; LAURA CONOVER, PIMA COUNTY ATTORNEY, Appellants, v. KRISTIN K. MAYES, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF ARIZONA, Appellee, and ERIC HAZELRIGG, M.D., AS GUARDIAN AD LITEM OF UNBORN CHILD OF PLAINTIFF JANE ROE AND ALL OTHER UNBORN INFANTS SIMILARLY SITUATED; DENNIS McGRANE, YAVAPAI COUNTY ATTORNEY, Intervenors.

Supreme Court of Arizona.

Filed April 9, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

D. Andrew Gaona (argued), Austin C. Yost , Coppersmith Brockelman PLC, Phoenix; and Diana O. Salgado , Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Washington, DC, Attorneys for Planned Parenthood Arizona Inc.

Laura Conover , Pima County Attorney, Samuel E. Brown (argued) , Jonathan Pinkney , Pima County Attorney's Office, Tucson; and Aadika Singh , Joshua Rosenthal , Cristian Torres , Public Rights Project, Oakland, CA, Attorneys for Laura Conover.

Kristin K. Mayes , Arizona Attorney General, Joshua D. Bendor (argued) , Solicitor General, Alexander W. Samuels , Assistant Solicitor General, Luci D. Davis , Assistant Attorney General, Phoenix, Attorneys for Kristin K. Mayes.

Kevin H. Theriot , Jacob P. Warner (argued) , Alliance Defending Freedom, Scottsdale; John J. Bursch , Alliance Defending Freedom, Washington, DC; and Denise M. Harle , Alliance Defending Freedom, Lawrenceville, GA, Attorneys for Eric Hazelrigg and Dennis McGrane.

Joshua W. Carden, Carden Livesay, Ltd, Mesa, Attorney for Amicus Curiae American College of Pediatricians.

Kevin L. Beckwith , Law Offices of Kevin L. Beckwith P.C., Phoenix; Olivia F. Summers , American Center for Law and Justice, Washington, DC, Attorneys for Amici Curiae Charlotte Lozier Institute et al.

Roberta S. Livesay, Carden Livesay, Ltd, Mesa, Attorney for Amicus Curiae American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists.

Parker C. Fox, Phoenix and Tim Griffin, Arkansas Attorney General, Nicholas J. Bronni, Arkansas Solicitor General, Dylan L. Jacobs, Deputy Solicitor General, Hannah L. Templin, Assistant Solicitor General, Little Rock, AR, Attorneys for Amicus Curiae State of Arkansas and 16 Other States.

Kory Langhofer , Thomas Basile, Statecraft PLLC, Phoenix, Attorneys for Amici Curiae Speaker of the Arizona House of Representatives Ben Toma and President of the Arizona Senate Warren Petersen.

Andrew S. Lishko, May, Potenza, Baran & Gillespie, P.C., Phoenix, Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Jill Norgaard.

Steven H. Aden, Americans United for Life, Washington, DC; and Samuel D. Green, Reason for Life, Palmdale, CA, Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Center for Arizona Policy.

Timothy D. Ducar , Law Offices of Timothy D. Ducar, PLC, Scottsdale; and Mathew D. Staver , Liberty Counsel, Orlando, FL, Attorneys for Amici Curiae Arizona Life Coalition, Frederick Douglass Foundation, and the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference.

Doug Newborn, Doug Newborn Law Firm, PLLC, Tucson, Attorney for Amicus Curiae Christian Medical and Dental Associations.

Abigail J. Mills, Schmitt Schneck Even & Williams, P.C., Phoenix, Attorneys for Amicus Curiae The Prolife Center at the University of St. Thomas (MN)

David J. Euchner, Lauren K. Beall, Arizona Attorneys for Criminal Justice, Tucson, Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Arizona Attorneys for Criminal Justice.

Susan C. Salmon, Joy E. Herr-Cardillo, The University of Arizona, James E. Rogers College of Law, Tucson, Attorneys for Amicus Curiae the Family & Juvenile Law Association, University of Arizona, James E. Rogers College of Law.

Alexis E. Danneman, Jean-Jacques Cabou, Perkins Coie LLP, Phoenix, Attorneys for Amicus Curiae National Council of Jewish Women of Arizona.

Adriane Hofmeyr , Hofmeyr Law PLLC, Tucson; and Orlando Economos, Benjamin Seel , Democracy Forward Foundation, Washington, DC, Attorneys for Amici Curiae Law Professors.

Sambo (Bo) Dul, Neta Borshansky, Noah T. Gabrielsen, Office of Governor, Katie Hobbs, Phoenix, Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Governor Katie Hobbs.

Bruce Samuels , Lauren A. Crawford , Hannah Dolski , Anita Ramalho Rocha , Papetti Samuels Weiss McKirgan LLP, Scottsdale, Attorneys for Amici Curiae League of Women Voters of Arizona and Arizona Business Owners.

Timothy J. Berg, Emily Ward, Fennemore Craig, P.C., Phoenix, Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Joel John.

Christopher D. Thomas , Karen Scherner Aldama , Kristine J. Beaudoin , Perkins Coie LLP, Phoenix; and Nicole Saharsky , Mayer Brown LLP, Washington, DC, Attorneys for Amici Curiae American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, American Medical Association, Arizona Medical Association and Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine.

J. Stanley Martineau , Martineau Law, PLLC, Mesa, Attorneys for Amici Curiae Mario Villegas and Estate of Baby Villegas.

JUSTICE LOPEZ authored the Opinion of the Court, in which JUSTICES BOLICK, BEENE, and KING joined. VICE CHIEF JUSTICE TIMMER authored a dissenting opinion in which CHIEF JUSTICE BRUTINEL joined.


¶1 We consider whether the Arizona Legislature repealed or otherwise restricted A.R.S. § 13-3603 by enacting the abortion statutes in Title 36,2 namely A.R.S. § 36-2322, the statute proscribing physicians from performing elective abortions after fifteen...

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