STATE EX REL. JENNINGS v. CITY OF SEAFORD

C.A. No. 2022-0030-JTL.

278 A.3d 1149 (2022)

STATE of Delaware, EX REL. Kathleen JENNINGS, Attorney General of the State of Delaware, Plaintiff, v. CITY OF SEAFORD, an incorporated municipality of the State of Delaware, Defendant.

Court of Chancery of Delaware.

Date Decided: June 29, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christian Douglas Wright & Vanessa L. Kassab , Wilmington, STATE OF DELAWARE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Attorneys for Plaintiff.

Daniel A. Griffith , WHITEFORD TAYLOR & PRESTON LLC, Wilmington, Attorney for Defendant.


OPINION

In December 2021, the City of Seaford enacted an ordinance titled "Ordinance Relative to Abortion." Its central provision mandates that all fetal remains resulting from an abortion or miscarriage be cremated or interred. The requirement applies no matter the gestational stage of the fetal remains. The State of Delaware...

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