EMW WOMEN'S SURGICAL CENTER, P.S.C. v. BESHEAR

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: S. Chad Meredith , OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR, Frankfort, Kentucky, for Appellant in 17-6151. Steven Travis Mayo , OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF KENTUCKY, Frankfort, Kentucky, for Appellant in 17-6183. Alexa Kolbi-Molinas , AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION, New York, New York, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: S. Chad Meredith , M. Stephen Pitt , Matthew F. Kuhn , OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR, Frankfort, Kentucky, for Appellant in 17-6151. La Tasha Buckner , OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF KENTUCKY, Frankfort, Kentucky, for Appellant in 17-6183. Alexa Kolbi-Molinas , Andrew D. Beck , AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION, New York, New York, Amy D. Cubbage , Heather Gatnarek , ACLU OF KENTUCKY FOUNDATION, INC., Louisville, Kentucky, Anton Metlitsky , Leah Godesky , O'MELVENY & MYERS LLP, New York, New York, for Appellees. Scott A. Keller , OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS, Austin, Texas, Michael Lee Francisco , MRD LAW, Colorado Springs, Colorado, Scott W. Gaylord , ELON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW, Greensboro, North Carolina, Shannon Rose Selden , DEBEVOISE & PLIMPTON LLP, New York, New York, Kimberly A. Parker , WILMER CUTLER PICKERING HALE AND DORR LLP, Washington, D.C., for Amici Curiae.

BUSH, J., delivered the opinion of the court in which NORRIS, J., joined, and DONALD, J., joined only in that Attorney General Beshear is not a proper party to this action. DONALD, J. (pp. 447-61), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.