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PLANNED PARENTHOOD ARIZONA INC. v. BETLACH

Nos. 12-17558, 13-15506.

727 F.3d 960 (2013)

PLANNED PARENTHOOD ARIZONA INCORPORATED; Unknown Parties, named as Jane Doe # 1, Jane Doe # 2, and Jane Doe # 3; Eric Reuss, M.D., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Tom BETLACH, Director, Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System; Tom Horne, Attorney General, Defendants-Appellants. Planned Parenthood Arizona Incorporated; Unknown Parties, named as Jane Doe # 1, Jane Doe # 2, and Jane Doe # 3; Eric Reuss, M.D., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Tom Betlach, Director, Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System; Tom Horne, Attorney General, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed August 22, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Logan Johnston , Johnston Law Offices, PLC, Phoenix, AZ, for Defendant-Appellant Tom Betlach.

Steven H. Aden (argued) and Catherine Glenn Foster , Alliance Defending Freedom, Washington, D.C.; Robert Lawrence Ellman , Arizona Attorney General's Office, Phoenix, AZ, for Defendant-Appellant Tom Horne.

Andrew D. Beck and Susan Talcott Camp , American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, New York, NY; Alice J. Clapman (argued), Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Washington, D.C.; Roger Evans , Planned Parenthood Federation of America, New York, NY; Kelly Joyce Flood and Daniel J. Pochoda , ACLU Foundation of Arizona, Phoenix, AZ; Daniel B. Pasternak and Laurence J. Rosenfeld , Squire Sanders LLP, Phoenix, AZ, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Denise Mary Burke , Americans United for Life, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae 29 Arizona Senators, Representatives, and Representatives-Elect.

Lawrence John Joseph , Law Office of Lawrence J. Joseph, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae Eagle Forum Education & Legal Defense Fund.

Alisa Beth Klein and Mark B. Stern , Appellate Staff, United States Department of Justice, Civil Division, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae United States of America.

Before: MARSHA S. BERZON and JAY S. BYBEE, Circuit Judges, and CONSUELO B. MARSHALL, Senior District Judge.

OPINION

BERZON, Circuit Judge:

An Arizona statute bars patients eligible for the state's Medicaid program from obtaining covered family planning services through health care providers who perform abortions in cases other than medical necessity, rape, or incest. See Ariz.Rev. Stat. § 35-196.05(B). Such abortions are already ineligible for Medicaid coverage and so must be paid for with private funds. The Arizona law extends the ineligibility to...

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