ALLIANCE FOR HIPPOCRATIC MEDICINE v. U.S.F.D.A

2:22-CV-223-Z.

668 F.Supp.3d 507 (2023)

ALLIANCE FOR HIPPOCRATIC MEDICINE, et al., Plaintiffs, v. U.S. FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Texas, Amarillo Division.

Signed April 7, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Erik Christopher Baptist , Erica Steinmiller-Perdomo , Erin Morrow Hawley , Pro Hac Vice, Matthew S. Bowman , Alliance Defending Freedom, Washington, DC, Christian D. Stewart , Morgan Williamson LLP, Amarillo, TX, Denise Harle , Alliance Defending Freedom, Lawrenceville, GA, Julie Marie Blake , Alliance Defending Freedom, Landsdowne, VA, for Plaintiffs.

Noah T. Katzen , Christopher A. Eiswerth , Daniel Schwei , Julie Straus Harris , U.S. Dept. of Justice Civil Division Federal Programs Branch, Washington, DC, Emily Brooke Nestler , Kate Talmor , United States Department of Justice, Civil Division, Washington, DC, for Defendants.

Darald John Schaffer, Pro Hac Vice, Michael S. Jennings, Pro Hac Vice, Samples Jennings Clem & Fields PLLC, Chattanooga, TN, for Amicus The Chattanooga National Memorial for the Unborn.

Christopher Morten, Pro Hac Vice, Columbia Law School, New York, NY, Thomas S. Leatherbury, Thomas S. Leatherbury Law PLLC, Dallas, TX, for Amicus Doctors for America.

Edward Lawrence White, III, American Center for Law & Justice, Ann Arbor, MI, for Amicus American Center for Law and Justice.

Joshua Divine, Pro Hac Vice, Office of The Missouri Attorney General, Jefferson City, MO, for Amicus State of Missouri.

Elissa Michelle Graves, Sachse, TX, for Amicus Human Coalition.

Justin Lee Matheny, Mississippi Attorney General Office, Jackson, MS, for Amici State of Mississippi, State of Alabama, State of Alaska, State of Arkansas, State of Florida, State of Georgia, State of Idaho, State of Indiana, State of Iowa, State of Kansas, State of Louisiana, State of Kentucky, State of Montana, 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 Wyoming.

Galen Sherwin, Pro Hac Vice, NYS Office of the Attorney General, Albany, NY, for Amicus State of New York.

Darren L. McCarty, McCarty Law PLLC, Austin, TX, for Amicus Life Collective Inc.

Michael F. Smith, Pro Hac Vice, The Smith Appellate Law Firm, Washington, DC, for Amicus Family Research Council.

Meredith DI Liberto, Judicial Watch Inc, Washington, DC, for Amicus Judicial Watch Inc.

John Marc Wheat, Pro Hac Vice, Advancing American Freedom, Washington, DC, for Amicus Advancing American Freedom.

Mario Diaz, Pro Hac Vice, Legal, Concerned Women for America, Alexandria, VA, for Amicus Concerned Women for America.

Robert John Winson, Covington & Burling LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Alysia Brianna Cordova, Richard Biggs, Mullin Hoard & Brown LLP, Amarillo, TX, Beth E. Braiterman, Pro Hac Vice, Denise Esposito, Pro Hac Vice, Julia F. Post, Pro Hac Vice, Lewis A. Grossman, Pro Hac Vice, obert A. Long, Jr., Pro Hac Vice, Guillaume Julian, Pro Hac Vice, Covington & Burling LLP, Washington, DC, Emile Katz, Pro Hac Vice, Washington, DC, for Amici Greer Donley, Patricia Zettler, R. Alta Charo; I. Glenn Cohen, Marsha Cohen, Nathan Cortez, Rebecca Eisenberg, Henry Greely, George Horvath, Peter Barton Hutt, Joan Krause, Holly Fernandez Lynch, Elizabeth McCuskey, Jennifer Oliva, Jordan Paradise, Christopher Robertson, Joanna Sax, Allison Whelan, Diana Winters.

Molly A. Meegan, Pro Hac Vice, General Counsel's Office, Washington, DC, Megan McGuiggan, Pro Hac Vice, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, Washington, DC, Adam Bresler Aukland-Peck, Pro Hac Vice, Shannon Rose Selden, Pro Hac Vice, DeBevoise & Plimpton LLP, New York, NY, Matthew W. Sherwood, McCarn & Weir, Amarillo, TX, for Amicus American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.

Murphy S. Klasing, Weycer, Kaplan, Pulaski & Zuber, P.C., Houston, TX, for Amici Murphy Klasing, Susan B. Anthony ProLife America, Catholic Health Care Leadership Alliance, The National Catholic Bioethics Center, Catholic Bar Association, Catholic Benefits Association, Christ Medicus Foundation, Coalition for Jewish Values Healthcare Council.

Fernando M. Bustos, Bustos Law Firm PC, Lubbock, TX, Carolyn McDonnell, Pro Hac Vice, Americans United for Life, Washington, DC, for Amicus 67 Members of Congress.

Adam Bresler Aukland-Peck, Pro Hac Vice, Shannon Rose Selden, Pro Hac Vice, DeBevoise & Plimpton LLP, New York, NY, Matthew W. Sherwood, McCarn & Weir, Amarillo, TX, Megan McGuiggan, Pro Hac Vice, DeBevoise & Plimpton LLP, Washington, DC, for Amici American Medical Association, Society of Maternal and Fetal Medicine, American Academy of Family Physicians, American Gynecological & Obstetrical Society, American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Council of University Chairs of Obstetrics & Gynecology, North American Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology, Nurse Practitioners in Women's Health, Society of Family Planning, Society of Gynecologic Oncology, Society of OB/GYN Hospitalists.

M. Edward Whelan, Pro Hac Vice, Washington, DC, Charles W. Fillmore, H. Dustin Fillmore, III, The Fillmore Law Firm LLP, Fort Worth, TX, for Amicus Ethics and Public Policy Center.

John Clay Sullivan, S|L Law PLLC, Cedar Hill, TX, for Amicus Texas Business Leaders,

Cristina Martinez Squiers, Gene C. Schaerr, Pro Hac Vice, Schaerr | Jaffe LLP, Washington, DC, for Amicus Charlotte Lozier Institute.

Joshua Bendor, Pro Hac Vice, Office of the Arizona Attorney General, Phoenix, AZ, for Amicus State of Arizona.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

Before the Court is Plaintiffs' Motion for Preliminary Injunction ("Motion") (ECF No. 6), filed on November 18, 2022. The Court GRANTS the Motion IN PART.

BACKGROUND

Over twenty years ago, the United States Food...

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