Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
ARGUED: Mathew D. Staver , Liberty Counsel, Maitland, Florida, for Appellants. Alisa Beth Klein , United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Anita L. Staver , Liberty Counsel, Maitland, Florida; Stephen M. Crampton , Mary E. McAlister , Liberty Counsel, Lynchburg, Virginia, for Appellants. Timothy J. Heaphy , United States Attorney, Roanoke, Virginia; Neal Kumar Katyal , Acting Solicitor General, Tony West , Assistant Attorney General, Beth S. Brinkmann , Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Mark B. Stern , Samantha L. Chaifetz , United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Appellees. Joel M. Spector , Mountain States Legal Foundation, Lakewood, Colorado, for Amicus Mountain States Legal Foundation. Brian S. Koukoutchos , Mandeville, Louisiana; Charles J. Cooper , David H. Thompson , Cooper & Kirk, PLLC, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Revere America Foundation. Peter Ferrara , American Civil Rights Union, Falls Church, Virginia; Daniel M. Gray , Law Offices of Daniel M. Grey, LLC, Falls Church, Virginia; Richard B. Rogers , Richard B. Rogers, PLC, Alexandria, Virginia, for Amicus American Civil Rights Union. Kenneth A. Klukowski , Family Research Council, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Family Research Council. Scott J. Ward , Timothy R. Obitts , Gammon & Grange, P.C., McLean, Virginia; Catherine W. Short , Life Legal Defense Foundation, Ojai, California, for Amici Breast Cancer Prevention Institute and Life Legal Defense Foundation. Richard P. Hutchison , Landmark Legal Foundation, Kansas City, Missouri; Mark R. Levin , Michael J. O'Neill , Matthew C. Forys , Landmark Legal Foundation, Leesburg, Virginia, for Amicus Landmark Legal Foundation. Stephen B. Presser , Raoul Berger Professor of Legal History, Northwestern University School Of Law, Chicago, Illinois; Kathleen Cassidy Goodman , Law Office Of Kathleen Cassidy Goodman, Helotes, Texas; Steven W. Fitschen , The National Legal Foundation, Virginia Beach, Virginia; Allen E. Parker , R. Clayton Trotter , The Justice Foundation, San Antonio, Texas, for Amicus Project Liberty. David Boyle , Long Beach, California, for Amicus David Boyle. Nikolas T. Nikas , Dorinda C. Bordlee , Bioethics Defense Fund, Scottsdale, Arizona, for Amici 281 Members of Legatus and Catholic Medical Association. John A. Eidsmoe , Foundation For Moral Law, Montgomery, Alabama, for Amicus Foundation for Moral Law. M. Casey Mattox , Michael J. Norton , Steven H. Aden , Alliance Defending Freedom, Washington, D.C.; Anna R. Franzonello , Mailee Smith , Americans United For Life, Washington, D.C., for Amici The Virginia Family Foundation, West Virginia Family Policy Council, Maryland Family Alliance, North Carolina Family Policy Council, Palmetto Family Council, Americans United for Life and Alliance Defending Freedom. Rebecca Glenberg , American Civil Liberties Union Of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia; Daniel Mach , American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, Washington D.C.; Andrew D. Beck , Brigitte Amiri , American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, New York, New York, for Amici The American Civil Liberties Union, The American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia, Americans United for Separation of Church and State, The Anti-Defamation League, The Interfaith Alliance Foundation, The National Coalition of American Nuns, The National Council of Jewish Women, The Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice, The Religious Institute, The Unitarian Universalist Association, and The Unitarian Universalist Women's Federation. Ian Millhiser , Center For American Progress, Washington, D.C., for Amici American Nurses Association, American Academy of Pediatrics, American Medical Student Association, Center for American Progress d/b/a Doctors for America, National Hispanic Medical Association, and National Physicians Alliance. Professor Walter Dellinger, Washington, D.C.; Professor H. Jefferson Powell , George Washington University Law School, Washington, D.C., for Amici Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, and Congressional Leaders and Leaders of Committees of Relevant Jurisdiction. Gillian E. Metzger , Trevor W. Morrison , New York, New York; Andrew J. Pincus , Charles A. Rothfeld , Paul W. Hughes , Michael B. Kimberly , Mayer Brown LLP, Washington, D.C., for Amici Constitutional Law Professors. Rochelle Bobroff , Simon Lazarus , National Senior Citizens Law Center, Washington, D.C., for Amici The American Association of People with Disabilities, The Arc of the United States, Breast Cancer Action, Families USA, Friends of Cancer Research, March of Dimes Foundation, Mental Health America, National Breast Cancer Coalition, National Organization for Rare Disorders, National Partnership for Women And Families, National Senior Citizens Law Center, National Women's Health Network, and The Ovarian Cancer National Alliance. Sheree R. Kanner , Catherine E. Stetson , Dominic F. Perella , Michael D. Kass , Sara A. Kraner , Hogan Lovells U.S. LLP, Washington, D.C.; Melinda Reid Hatton , Maureen D. Mudron , American Hospital Association, Washington, D.C.; Ivy Baer , Karen Fisher , Association Of American Medical Colleges, Washington, D.C.; Jeffrey G. Micklos , Federation Of American Hospitals, Washington, D.C.; Larry S. Gage , President, National Association Of Public Hospitals and Health Systems, Washington, D.C.; Lisa Gilden , Vice President, General Counsel/Compliance Officer, The Catholic Health Association Of The United States, Washington, D.C.; Lawrence A. McAndrews , President and Chief Executive Officer, National Association Of Children's Hospitals, Washington, D.C., for Amici American Hospital Association, Association of American Medical Colleges, Catholic Health Association of the United States, Federation of American Hospitals, National Association of Children's Hospitals, and National Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems. Kristin Houser , Adam Berger , Rebecca J. Roe , William Rutzick , Schroeter, Goldmark & Bender, Seattle, Washington, for Amicus The Governor of Washington. Richard L. Rosen , Arnold & Porter LLP, Washington, D.C., for Amici Economic Scholars. Marcia D. Greenberger , Emily J. Martin , Judith G. Waxman , Lisa Codispoti , National Women's Law Center, Washington, D.C.; Melissa Hart , University of Colorado Law School, Boulder, Colorado, for Amici The National Women's Law Center, American Association of University Women, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, American Medical Women's Association, Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum, Black Women's Health Imperative, Childbirth Connection, Ibis Reproductive Health, Institute of Science and Human Values, Maryland Women's Coalition for Health Care Reform, Mental Health America, National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum, National Association of Social Workers, National Coalition for LGBT Health, National Council of Jewish Women, National Council of Women's Organizations, National Education Association, National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health, Older Women's League, Physicians for Reproductive Choice and Health, Raising Women's Voices, Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law, Southwest Women's Law Center, Wider Opportunities for Women, Women's Law Center of Maryland, Incorporated, and Women's Law Project. B. Robert Piller , Jennifer Blasdell , Physicians For Reproductive Health, New York, New York; Bruce H. Schneider , Michele L. Pahmer , Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP, New York, New York, for Amici Physicians for Reproductive Health, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, American Society for Emergency Contraception, Association of Reproductive Health Professionals, American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine, American Medical Women's Association, National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women's Health, Society of Family Planning, James Trussell , Susan F. Wood , Don Downing , and Kathleen Besinque .
Affirmed by published opinion. Judge MOTZ, Judge DAVIS, and Judge WYNN wrote the opinion.