No. 22-201

Jane Doe, as Parent and Next Friend of Baby Mary Doe, et al. v. Daniel McKee, Governor of Rhode Island, et al.

Lower Court: Rhode Island
Docketed: 2022-09-06
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: abortion constitutional-rights constitutional-standing dobbs-precedent dobbs-v-jackson due-process equal-protection history-and-tradition prenatal-life standing unborn-rights
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Latest Conference: 2022-10-07
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether unborn have due-process and equal-protection rights

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Whether, in light of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, 597 U.S. __ (2022), the Rhode Island Supreme Court erred in holding that the unborn Petitioners, regardless of gestational age, are not entitled to the protections and guarantees of the due process and equal protection clauses of the United States Constitution? 2. Whether, in light of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, 597 U.S. __ (2022), the Rhode Island Supreme Court erred in holding that the unborn Petitioners, regardless of gestational age, categorically lacked standing to advance their claims?

Docket Entries

2022-10-11
Petition DENIED.
2022-09-14
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/7/2022.
2022-09-06
Waiver of right of respondents Daniel McKee, et al. to respond filed.
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2022-09-01
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 6, 2022)
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Attorneys

Daniel McKee, et al.
Michael W. Field — Department of Attorney General, Respondent
Michael W. Field — Department of Attorney General, Respondent
Jane Doe, et al.
Diane Messere Magee — Law Offices of Diane Messere Magee, Inc., Petitioner
Diane Messere Magee — Law Offices of Diane Messere Magee, Inc., Petitioner