Authority: United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (USA)

Date: 11/23/2015

Subject: The decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit stated the constitutional illegitimacy of the law of the State of Wisconsin on abortion, since it prohibited a doctor from performing an abortion unless he had “admitting privileges” in a nearby hospital, which had to be not more than 30 miles from the clinic

Parties: Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin, Inc., et al. v. Brad D. Schimel, Attorney General of Wisconsin, et al.

Original language: English

Classification: Freedoms - Art. 7 Privacy - Solidarity - Art. 35 Preventive health care

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