LITTLE ROCK FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees
v.
Leslie RUTLEDGE, in her official capacity as Attorney General of the State of Arkansas, et al., Defendants-Appellants
Justin Buckley Dyer, Ph. D.; State of Missouri; State of Alabama; State of Alaska; State of Georgia; State of Idaho; State of Indiana; Commonwealth of Kentucky; State of Louisiana; State of Nebraska; State of Ohio; State of Oklahoma; State of South Carolina; State of South Dakota; State of Tennessee; State of Texas; State of Utah; State of West Virginia, Amici on Behalf of Appellants
Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine; American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists; Constitutional Law Scholars; State of California; State of Colorado; State of Connecticut; State of Delaware; State of Hawaii; State of Illinois; State of Maine; State of Maryland; State of Massachusetts; State of Minnesota; State of Nevada; State of New Mexico; State of New York; State of Oregon; State of Pennsylvania; State of Rhode Island; State of Vermont; State of Virginia; State of Washington; District of Columbia; Reproductive Justice Organizations, Amici on Behalf of Appellees
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Submitted: September 23, 2020.
Filed: January 5, 2021.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellants and appeared on the brief was Vincent M. Wagner , AAG, of Little Rock, AR. The following attorney(s) also appeared on the appellants' brief; Nicholas Jacob Bronni , AAG, of Little Rock, AR, Michael A. Cantrell , AAG, of Little Rock, AR, Dylan L. Jacobs , AAG, of Little Rock, AR.
The following attorney(s) appeared on the amicus brief of the State of Missouri and 16 Other States on behalf of appellants; Dean John Sauer , AAG, of Jefferson City, MO, Julie Marie Blake , former AAG, formerly of Jefferson City, MO.
The following attorney(s) appeared on the amicus brief of the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine and American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists on behalf of appellees; Roxann E. Henry , of Bethesda, MD, Alexandra Preece , of San Diego, CA.
The following attorney(s) appeared on the amicus brief of Constitutional Law Scholars on behalf of appellees; Devi Rao , of Washington, DC, Tassity Johnson , of Washington, DC.
The following attorney(s) appeared on the amicus brief of the States of California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, and the District of Columbia on behalf of appellees; Karli Eisenberg , AAG, of Sacramento, CA.
Before LOKEN, SHEPHERD, and ERICKSON, Circuit Judges.
LOKEN, Circuit Judge.
Little Rock Family Planning Services and Dr. Thomas Tvedten (collectively, "LRFP") brought this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action challenging the constitutionality of three Arkansas statutes enacted in 2019 that relate to abortions: (1) Act 493, codified at Ark. Code Ann. § 20-16-2004, bans providers from performing an abortion...
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