PLANNED PARENTHOOD v. REYNOLDS

No. 20-0804.

962 N.W.2d 37 (2021)

PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF THE HEARTLAND, INC., on behalf of itself and its patients, Appellee, v. Kim REYNOLDS, Iowa Department of Human Services, Iowa Department of Public Health, and Kelly Garcia in her Official Capacity as Director of the Iowa Department of Human Services and Interim Director of the Iowa Department of Public Health, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Filed June 30, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. Miller , Attorney General, Jeffrey S. Thompson , Solicitor General, Thomas J. Ogden (argued), Assistant Attorney General, for appellants.

Julie A. Murray (argued) and Carrie Y. Flaxman of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Washington, D.C., and Rita Bettis Austen of America Civil Liberties Union of Iowa Foundation, Des Moines, for appellee.

Alan R. Ostergren , Des Moines, and Charles D. Hurley , Urbandale, for amicus curiae the Family Leader Foundation.

Oxley, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which Christensen, C.J., and Waterman, Mansfield, McDonald, and McDermott, JJ., joined. Appel, J., filed a dissenting opinion.


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