DOE v. PLANNED PARENTHOOD/CHICAGO AREA

Nos. 1-09-1849, 1-09-3551.

956 N.E.2d 564 (2011)

353 Ill. Dec. 702

Mary DOE (a Fictitious Name of a Real Individual), Indiv. and as Representative of a Class of all Women Similarly Situated; Mary Doe, as Adm'r of the Estate of Michael Doe, Deceased Child of Mary Doe, and as Representative of a Class of all other Pregnant Mothers Similarly Situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. PLANNED PARENTHOOD/CHICAGO AREA; John Doe; Murray Pelta; Louis Fernandez 1 to 10 (Fictitious Names for Real Individuals); Neal Gould; and Jane Jones 1 to 20 (Fictitious Names for Real Individuals who Provide Client and Patient Counseling at Planned Parenthood/Chicago Area Abortion Clinics), Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Sixth Division.

August 19, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven A. Denny, Esq. , Law Office of Steven A. Denny, P.C., Chicago, Harold J. Cassidy, Esq. , Pro Hac Vice, The Cassidy Law Firm, Shrewsbury, for Plaintiff-Appellants.

Alan S. Gilbert , Wendy N. Enerson , Kristen C. Rodriguez , Chicago, for Defendants-Appellees.


OPINION

Presiding Justice GARCIA delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

¶ 1 Plaintiff Mary Doe appeals the dismissal of her complaint against Planned Parenthood and others. According to the complaint, the plaintiff, about three months pregnant, visited a help center because of uncertainty over her pregnancy. At the pregnancy help center she was told that the fetus she was carrying was a...

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