EMW WOMEN'S SURGICAL CENTER, P.S.C., on behalf of itself, its staff, and its patients; Ernest Marshall, M.D., on behalf of himself and his patients, Plaintiffs-Appellees,
Planned Parenthood of Indiana And Kentucky, Inc., Intervenor Plaintiff-Appellee,
v.
Eric FRIEDLANDER, in his official capacity as Secretary of Kentucky's Cabinet for Health and Family Services; Andrew G. Beshear, Governor of Kentucky, in his official capacity, Defendants-Appellants,
Daniel J. Cameron, Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, Intervenor.
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Argued: August 8, 2019.
Decided and Filed: October 16, 2020.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
ARGUED: S. Chad Meredith , OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR, Frankfort, Kentucky, for Appellants. Easha Anand , ORRICK, HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE LLP, San Francisco, California, for Appellee Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky, Inc. Brigitte Amiri , AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION, New York, New York, for Appellees Women's Surgical Center, P.S.C. and Ernest Marshall, M.D. ON BRIEF: S. Chad Meredith, M. Stephen Pitt, Matthew F. Kuhn, OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR, Frankfort, Kentucky, for Appellants. Easha Anand , Karen G. Johnson-McKewan , ORRICK, HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE LLP, San Francisco, California, Carrie Y. Flaxman , PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA, Washington, D.C., Michael P. Abate , James E. McGhee , KAPLAN JOHNSON ABATE & BIRD LLP, Louisville, Kentucky, Lisa T. Simpson , Jennifer M. Keighley , ORRICK, HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE LLP, New York, New York, Melanie L. Bostwick , ORRICK, HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE LLP, Washington, D.C., Robert L. Uriarte , ORRICK, HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE LLP, Menlo Park, California, for Appellee Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky, Inc. Brigitte Amiri , Elizabeth Watson , AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION, New York, New York, Donald L. Cox , LYNCH, COX, GILMAN & GOODMAN, P.S.C., Louisville, Kentucky, Heather L. Gatnarek , ACLU OF KENTUCKY, Louisville, Kentucky, Amy D. Cubbage , ACKERSON & YANN, PLLC, Louisville, Kentucky, for Appellees Women's Surgical Center, P.S.C. and Ernest Marshall, M.D. Thomas M. Fisher , OFFICE OF THE INDIANA ATTORNEY GENERAL, Indianapolis, Indiana, Heidi Parry Stern , OFFICE OF THE NEVADA ATTORNEY GENERAL, Carson City, Nevada, La Tasha Buckner , OFFICE OF THE KENTUCKY ATTORNEY GENERAL, Frankfort, Kentucky, Kimberly A. Parker , WILMER CUTLER PICKERING HALE AND DORR LLP, Washington, D.C., for Amici Curiae.
LARSEN, J., delivered the opinion of the court in which READLER, J., joined. CLAY, J. (pp. 448-74), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.
OPINION
LARSEN, Circuit Judge.
Two decades ago, the Kentucky General Assembly enacted a law requiring abortion facilities to obtain transfer agreements with a local hospital and transport agreements with a local ambulance service. Ky. Rev. Stat. (KRS) § 216B.0435. Regulations promulgated...
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