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LILITH FUND FOR REPROD. EQUITY v. DICKSON

No. 21-0978, No. 21-1039.

662 S.W.3d 355 (2023)

The LILITH FUND FOR REPRODUCTIVE EQUITY, Petitioner, v. Mark Lee DICKSON and Right to Life East Texas, Respondents. consolidated for oral argument with Mark Lee Dickson and Right to Life East Texas, Petitioners, v. The Afiya Center and Texas Equal Access Fund, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

OPINION DELIVERED: February 24, 2023.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Beth E. Klusmann , Austin, Judd E. Stone II , Warren Kenneth Paxton , Austin, Brent Webster , Houston, for Amicus Curiae State of Texas in 21-0978 and 21-1039.

Jonathan F. Mitchell , Thomas Brejcha , H. Dustin Fillmore III , Fort Worth, Douglas Bryan Hughes , Charles W. Fillmore , Fort Worth, for Respondents in 21-0978.

Elizabeth Gene Myers , Douglas S. Lang , Jennifer Ecklund , Dallas, John Atkins , for Petitioner in 21-0978.

Emily Kebodeaux Cook , for Amici Curiae Texas Values, Houston Young Republicans, Students for Life of America, The Texas Young Republican Federation, Texas Home School Coalition, Republican Party of Texas, Texas Pastor Council, Grassroots America — We the People, True Texas Project, Texas Eagle Forum, Concerned Women of America, The Southern Baptists of Texas Convention, Human Coalition Action in 21-1039.

Douglas S. Lang , Jennifer Ecklund , Dallas, John Atkins , Elizabeth Gene Myers , Dallas, for Respondents in 21-1039.

Martin Whittaker , Douglas Bryan Hughes , Thomas Brejcha , H. Dustin Fillmore III , Charles W. Fillmore , Fort Worth, Jonathan F. Mitchell , for Petitioners in 21-1039.

Kristina West , Fort Worth, Emily Kebodeaux Cook , for Amicus Curiae Texas Right to Life in 21-1039.

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