DOE v. PARSON

No. 19-1578.

960 F.3d 1115 (2020)

Judy DOE, Plaintiff-Appellant v. Michael L. PARSON, Governor of the State of Missouri; Eric S. Schmitt, Attorney General of the State of Missouri; David A. Poggemeier, M.D., Chairman of the Missouri Board of Registration for the Healing Arts; James A. DiRenna, D.O., Member of the Missouri Board of Registration for the Healing Arts; Sara Martin, PhD, Member of the Missouri Board of Registration for the Healing Arts; Katherine J. Matthews; Jade D. James, M.D., Secretary of the Missouri Board of Registration for the Healing Arts; David E. Tannenhill, D.O., Member of the Missouri Board of Registration for the Healing Arts; John Doe I; John Doe II, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: June 9, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellant and appeared on the brief was William James Mac Naughton , of Newton, NJ.

Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellee was Peter T. Reed , former AAG, of Jefferson City, MO. The following attorney also appeared on the appellee brief; Dean John Sauer , AAG, of Jefferson City, MO.

Before BENTON, GRASZ, and STRAS, Circuit Judges.


A Missouri law requires Judy Doe to certify that she has had a chance to review certain information before having an abortion. This requirement, she alleges, violates her Satanist beliefs. The district court1 dismissed both of her First Amendment claims, and we affirm.

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