PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER TEXAS v. ABBOTT

Cause No. 1:13-CV-862-LY.

951 F.Supp.2d 891 (2013)

PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER TEXAS SURGICAL HEALTH SERVICES, Planned Parenthood Center for Choice, Planned Parenthood Sexual Healthcare Services, Planned Parenthood Women's Health Center, Whole Woman's Health, Austin Women's Health Center Killeen Health Center, Southwestern Women's Surgery Center, West Side Clinic, Inc., Routh Street Women's Clinic, Houston Women's Clinic, Each on Behalf of Itself, Its Patients and Physicians, Alan Braid, M.D., Lamar Robinson, M.D., Pamela J. Richter, D.O., each on Behalf of Themselves and their Patients, Plaintiffs, v. Gregory ABBOTT, Attorney General of Texas; David Lakey, M.D., Commissioner of the Texas Department of State Health Services; and Mari Robinson, Executive Director of the Texas Medical Board, Defendants.

United States District Court, W.D. Texas, Austin Division.

October 28, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alice Clapman , Helene T. Krasnoff , Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Washington, DC, Elizabeth Rose Von Kreisler , R. James George, Jr. , Rico Reyes , George Brothers Kincaid & Horton, LLP, Austin, TX, Brigitte Amiri , Renee Paradis , American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Reproductive Freedom Project, Esha Bhandari , Janet Crepps , Jennifer Sokoler , New York, NY, Rebecca L. Robertson , American Civil Liberties Union of Texas, Houston, TX, for Plaintiffs.

Andrew S. Oldham , Beth Klusmann , Gunnar P. Seaquist , John B. Scott , Jonathan F. Mitchell , Michael P. Murphy , Philip A. Lionberger , Office of the Attorney General, Arthur C. D'Andrea , Assistant Solicitor General, Austin, TX, for Defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION INCORPORATING FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

LEE YEAKEL, District Judge.

The Second Called Session of the 83rd Texas Legislature passed "[an act] relating to the regulation of abortion procedures, providers, and facilities [and] providing penalties." Act of July 12, 2013, 83rd Leg., 2d C.S., ch. 1, §§ 1-12, 2013 Tex. Sess. Law Serv. 4795-4802 (to be codified at Tex. Health & Safety Code §§ 171.0031...

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