Authority: United State Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (USA)

Date: 05/21/2013

Subject: The United State Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit found the constitutional illegitimacy of the provision of Section 7 of the Arizona House Bill 2036, which banned abortions after the twentieth week (except from particular emergency situations), because in violation of the woman’s right to choose to obtain an abortion before the fetus is viable

Parties: Paul A. Isaacson, M.D.; William Clewell, M.D.; Hugh Miller, M.D.; v. Tom Horne, Attorney General of Arizona in his official capacity; William Gerard Montgomery, County Attorney for Maricopa County, in his official capacity; Barbara La Wall, County Attorney for Pima County, in her official capacity; Arizona Medical Board; Lisa Wynn, Executive Director of the Arizona Medical Board, in her official capacity

Original language: English

Classification: Freedoms - Art. 7 Privacy - Art. 10 Freedom of conscience

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