STATE v. GAINESVILLE WOMAN CARE

No. 1D18-623.

278 So.3d 216 (2019)

STATE of Florida, Florida Department of Health, Celeste Philip, M.D., M.P.H., in her official capacity as Surgeon General and Secretary of Health for the State of Florida, Florida Board of Medicine, Jorge J. Lopez, M.D., in his official capacity as Chair of the Florida Board of Medicine, Florida Board of Osteopathic Medicine, Joel B. Rose, D.O., in his official capacity as Chair of the Florida Board of Osteopathic Medicine, Florida Agency for Health Care Administration, and Mary C. Mayhew, in her official capacity as Secretary of the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration, Appellants, v. GAINESVILLE WOMAN CARE, LLC, d/b/a Bread and Roses Women's Health Center, and Medical Students for Choice, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

August 1, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ashley Moody , Attorney General, Amit Agarwal , Solicitor General, Edward M. Wenger , Chief Deputy Solicitor General, and James H. Percival , Deputy Solicitor General, Tallahassee, for Appellants.

Autumn Katz , Center for Reproductive Rights, New York; Richard E. Johnson , Law Office of Richard E. Johnson, Tallahassee; Julia Kaye , American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, New York; and Benjamin James Stevenson , American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Florida, Pensacola, for Appellees.


Appellees, Gainesville Woman Care, LLC, d/b/a Bread and Roses Women's Health Center, and Medical Students for Choice, have challenged an amendment to Florida's abortion law requiring 24 hours to pass between the time a patient is informed of the nature and risks of having an abortion and...

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