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Gonzales v. Carhart
No. 05-380 Title:

Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney General v. Leroy Carhart, et al.

Subject:

Abortion, Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act, Health Exception

Question:

Whether, notwithstanding Congress's determination that a health exception was unnecessary to preserve the health of the mother, the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003 is invalid because it lacks a health exception or is otherwise unconstitutional on its face.

Decisions:

• U.S. Court of Appeals - 8th Circuit, Opinion Filed: July 8, 2005
• United States Supreme Court, Cert. Granted: February 21, 2006
• United States Supreme Court, Decided: April 18, 2007

Resources:

• Docket Sheet From the U.S. Supreme Court.
• Northwestern University - Medill School of Journalism: On the Docket

Briefs:

    Parties

Petition Phase

• Certiorari Petition
• Appendix to Certiorari Petition Volume 1
• Appendix to Certiorari Petition Volume 2
• Opposition to Petition
• Reply to Opposition
• Supplemental Brief for Petitioner
• Response to Supplemental Brief
  
  Merits Phase
  
• Petitioner's Brief
• Brief for Respondents
  
  Amici Supporting Petitioner
• Amicus Brief of the ACLJ, et al.
• Amicus Brief of Eagle Forum Education & Legal Defense Fund
• Amicus Brief of the Foundation for Moral Law
• Amici Brief of the United States Justice Foundation, et al.
  
  Amici Supporting Respondents
  
• Amicus Brief of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
• Amicus Brief of the Cato Institute
• Amici Brief of Physicians, et al.
• Appendix to Amici Brief of Physicians, et al.
• Amici Brief of Constitutional Law Professors
• Amici Brief of Statisticians

Counsel of Record

For Petitioner Gonzales, Attorney General:

Paul D. Clement
U.S. Solicitor General
Washington, DC

For Respondents Leroy Carhart, et al.:

Priscilla J. Smith
Center for Reproductive Rights
New York, NY

 

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