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24A438 Montana, et al. v. Planned Parenthood of Montana, et al. Montana 2024-11-01 Presumed Complete abortion due-process fourteenth-amendment medical-decision-making minor-rights parental-consent Whether the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause protects parents' fundamental right to make healthcare decisions for their minor children by all…
24-57 Coalition Life v. City of Carbondale, Illinois Seventh Circuit 2024-07-18 Denied Amici (11)Relisted (9) abortion abortion-rights civil-rights constitutional-law due-process first-amendment free-speech public-debate public-forum supreme-court-precedent Whether this Court should overrule Hill v. Colorado
23A470 Idaho v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-11-27 Presumed Complete Amici (5) abortion emergency-medical-treatment federal-preemption medical-procedure preliminary-injunction state-law Whether a state may enforce a law restricting certain medical procedures related to abortion when such law conflicts with federal emergency medical tr…
23-5856 Dmt MacTruong, aka Mac Truong v. Greg Abbott, Governor of Texas, et al. Fifth Circuit 2023-10-23 Pending Response WaivedIFP abortion civil-rights conspiracy constitutional-rights copyright copyright-law federal-jurisdiction obstruction-of-justice standing texas-heartbeat-act Does Petitioner have standing to sue Defendants for violating Petitioner's constitutional and civil rights?
23-395 Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, et al. v. Food and Drug Administration, et al. Fifth Circuit 2023-10-16 Denied Amici (3) abortion abortion-medication administrative-procedure-act drug-regulation fda fda-approval generic-drugs medical-safety mifepristone subpart-h Whether Cross-Petitioners' challenge to FDA's 2000 mifepristone approval is timely
23-235 Food and Drug Administration, et al. v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, et al. Fifth Circuit 2023-09-12 Judgment Issued Amici (3)Relisted (2) abortion abortion-medication administrative-law agency-action article-iii-standing civil-procedure fda fda-regulations mifepristone preliminary-relief standing Whether respondents have Article III standing to challenge FDA's 2016 and 2021 actions
23-74 Debra A. Vitagliano v. County of Westchester, New York Second Circuit 2023-07-25 Denied Amici (18)Relisted (2) abortion abortion-clinic-protests constitutional-law content-neutrality first-amendment free-speech precedent public-forum stare-decisis Whether the Court should overrule Hill v. Colorado
22-7800 Mac Truong v. Richard Michael DeWine, Governor of Ohio, et al. Sixth Circuit 2023-06-15 Denied IFP abortion abortion-rights civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process free-speech intellectual-property pro-se-litigation standing standing-doctrine Does Petitioner have standing to sue Defendants for violating his copyrighted intellectual property and constitutional rights?
22-7743 Mac Truong v. Kevin Stitt, et al. Tenth Circuit 2023-06-09 Denied IFP abortion abortion-rights civil-rights constitutional-violation copyright copyright-law due-process federal-jurisdiction free-speech standing Does Petitioner have standing to sue Defendants for violating Petitioner's copyrighted intellectual property and constitutional rights?
22-1135 Center for Medical Progress, et al. v. National Abortion Federation Ninth Circuit 2023-05-22 Denied Amici (4)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) abortion abortion-debate civil-rights constitutional-law first-amendment free-speech prior-restraint public-debate public-discourse Is the district court's suppression of speech about a high-profile and highly charged issue of public debate an unconstitutional prior restraint?
22-951 Jane Doe No. 1, et al. v. Todd Rokita, Attorney General of Indiana, et al. Seventh Circuit 2023-03-30 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived abortion abortion-rights constitutional-law dobbs-precedent dobbs-v-jackson first-amendment free-exercise free-speech medical-protocols religious-beliefs Whether Indiana's laws prohibiting standard medical disposition of embryonic tissue from lawful abortion procedures violate the Free Exercise and Free…
22-794 Eurica Califorrniaa v. Katherine K. Vidal, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office Federal Circuit 2023-02-22 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) abortion civil-rights dobbs-v-jackson due-process patent-law patent-term roe-v-wade specification-claims unborn-rights vuitch vuitch-precedent Whether United States v. Vuitch, 402 U.S. 62 (1971), should be overruled in favor of equality with the unborn?
22-5688 Michael G. Peters v. David Hittner, Judge, et al. Fifth Circuit 2022-09-28 Dismissed IFP abortion civil-rights constitutional-rights declaratory-relief due-process free-speech injunctive-relief judicial-interpretation legal-standing procedural-law standing Whether the courts below erred in dismissing petitioner's claims for declaratory and injunctive relief against the enforcement of a state statute that…
22-201 Jane Doe, as Parent and Next Friend of Baby Mary Doe, et al. v. Daniel McKee, Governor of Rhode Island, et al. Rhode Island 2022-09-06 Denied Response Waived abortion constitutional-rights constitutional-standing dobbs-precedent dobbs-v-jackson due-process equal-protection history-and-tradition prenatal-life standing unborn-rights Whether unborn have due-process and equal-protection rights
21-962 In Re Whole Woman's Health, et al. 2022-01-04 Denied abortion civil-procedure civil-rights district-court due-process fifth-circuit judicial-procedure mandamus remand standing texas writ-of-certiorari Whether a writ of mandamus should issue directing the court of appeals to remand the case to the district court without delay
21-582 Mark Lee Dickson v. Whole Woman's Health, et al. Fifth Circuit 2021-10-21 Denied abortion abortion-rights civil-rights constitutional-law due-process judicial-review reproductive-rights severability standing stare-decisis state-law supreme-court-precedent Should the Court overrule Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pa. v. Casey?
21-583 Stephen Brint Carlton, et al. v. Whole Woman's Health, et al. Fifth Circuit 2021-10-21 Denied abortion abortion-rights civil-rights constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law due-process judicial-precedent judicial-review reproductive-rights stare-decisis supreme-court-precedent texas-law Whether the Court should overrule Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey
21-587 Penny Clarkston v. Whole Woman's Health, et al. Fifth Circuit 2021-10-21 Denied abortion abortion-rights civil-rights constitutional-law due-process judicial-precedent judicial-review reproductive-rights stare-decisis supreme-court-precedent Whether the Court should overrule Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey
21-463 Whole Woman's Health, et al. v. Austin Reeve Jackson, Judge, District Court of Texas, 114th District, et al. Fifth Circuit 2021-09-28 Denied Amici (9) abortion abortion-law civil-enforcement civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-court-review sovereign-immunity standing state-legislation Whether a State can insulate from federal-court review a law that prohibits the exercise of a constitutional right by delegating to the general public…
21-3 Eric S. Schmitt, Attorney General of Missouri, et al. v. Reproductive Health Services of Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region, Inc., et al. Eighth Circuit 2021-07-02 Denied abortion abortion-rights civil-rights down-syndrome due-process eugenic eugenic-abortion gestational-age reproductive-rights roe-v-wade state-regulation Whether Missouri's restriction on abortions performed solely because the unborn child may have Down syndrome is categorically invalid under Casey and …
20-1501 Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany, et al. v. Shirin Emami, Acting Superintendent, New York Department of Financial Services, et al. New York 2021-04-27 GVR Amici (6)Relisted (4) abortion abortion-mandate employment-division-smith first-amendment free-exercise free-exercise-clause free-speech health-insurance religious-autonomy religious-exemption smith-v-oregon Is New York's abortion coverage mandate neutral and generally applicable under Smith and Lukumi?
20-1434 Leslie Rutledge, Attorney General of Arkansas, et al. v. Little Rock Family Planning Services, et al. Eighth Circuit 2021-04-13 GVR Amici (8)Relisted (2) abortion abortion-rights civil-rights disability down-syndrome due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment medical-ethics prenatal-diagnosis selective-abortion state-prohibition Whether the Fourteenth Amendment bars States from prohibiting abortions that are sought solely because of a prenatal diagnosis of Down syndrome
20-1375 Kristina Box, Commissioner, Indiana Department of Health, et al. v. Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky, Inc. Seventh Circuit 2021-04-01 GVR Amici (7)Relisted (2) abortion abortion-rights best-interests civil-rights constitutional-privacy constitutional-rights due-process judicial-bypass minor-consent minors parental-notification parental-rights Whether a state may require parental notice before a minor's abortion except where such notice would contravene her best interests
20-7345 Willie Ray Lewis v. Robert Legrand, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-03-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP abortion appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-review due-process equal-protection judicial-procedure legal-standing medical-regulations standing statutory-interpretation Whether Louisiana's law requiring a physician performing an abortion to have admitting privileges at a local hospital is unconstitutional
20-6653 Scott P. Roeder v. Kansas Kansas 2020-12-18 Denied IFP abortion abortion-rights civil-rights constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law due-process judicial-review personhood roe-v-wade standing Whether the notion of overturning Roe v. Wade includes other possibilities besides leaving abortion up to the states
20-482 Herbert H. Slatery III, Attorney General of Tennessee, et al. v. Adams & Boyle, P.C., et al. Sixth Circuit 2020-10-14 GVR Amici (1)Relisted (2) abortion abortion-rights constitutional-challenge covid-19 covid-19-order executive-order medical-procedures mootness munsingwear-doctrine standing Whether the Sixth Circuit's judgment should be vacated and remanded as moot under Munsingwear
20-454 Xavier Becerra, Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al. v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore Fourth Circuit 2020-10-08 Granted Amici (1)Relisted (3) abortion abortion-referrals administrative-law agency-rulemaking family-planning rust-v-sullivan statutory-interpretation title-x Whether the rule falls within the agency's statutory authority
20-385 Judy Doe v. Michael L. Parson, Governor of Missouri, et al. Eighth Circuit 2020-09-24 Denied Response Waived abortion abortion-rights constitutional-challenge due-process establishment-clause free-exercise free-exercise-clause religious-belief religious-liberty undue-burden undue-burden-standard Is the Establishment Clause violated by the proclamation that 'The life of each human being begins at conception. Abortion will terminate the life of …
20-305 Planned Parenthood Center for Choice, et al. v. Greg Abbott, Governor of Texas, et al. Fifth Circuit 2020-09-09 GVR Amici (1)Relisted (3) abortion abortion-rights constitutional-rights covid-19 due-process executive-order judicial-review mandamus mootness Whether, pursuant to United States v. Munsingwear, Inc., 340 U.S. 36 (1950), this Court should vacate the court of appeals' judgments granting writs o…
20-93 Jane Doe, a Minor Child Who is Unborn, By and Through Her Father and Next Friend, John Doe v. Mike Hunter, Attorney General of Oklahoma, et al. Tenth Circuit 2020-07-29 Denied abortion due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment judicial-precedent levy-v-louisiana roe-v-wade standing traceability unborn-children Whether the government that adopted a discriminatory law is absolved of traceability for standing purposes when the law is based on judicial precedent
19-1392 Thomas E. Dobbs, State Health Officer of the Mississippi Department of Health, et al. v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, et al. Fifth Circuit 2020-06-18 Judgment Issued Amici (141)Relisted (22) abortion civil-rights constitutional-challenge dignity-of-unborn due-process health medical-profession medical-profession-protection pre-viability-abortion standing third-party-standing undue-burden-standard women's-health Whether all pre-viability prohibitions on elective abortions are unconstitutional
19-1040 March for Life Education and Defense Fund v. California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-02-20 GVR Response WaivedRelisted (2) abortion administrative-law article-iii-standing civil-rights contraception contraceptive-mandate due-process federal-regulations healthcare healthcare-coverage moral-objection moral-objections religious-exemption standing Whether states have Article III standing to challenge the religious and moral exemptions
19-816 Kristina Box, et al. v. Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky, Inc. Seventh Circuit 2019-12-27 GVR Amici (3)Relisted (2) abortion abortion-rights civil-rights due-process fourteenth-amendment judicial-bypass minor-consent minors parental-consent parental-notification standing third-party-standing Whether an abortion clinic may assert third-party standing on behalf of its hypothetical minor patients to challenge a statute requiring parental noti…
19-743 Curtis T. Hill, Jr., Attorney General of Indiana, et al. v. Whole Woman's Health Alliance, et al. Seventh Circuit 2019-12-11 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) 14th-amendment abortion abortion-clinic-licensing civil-rights due-process federal-injunction fourteenth-amendment hypothetical-patient-rights licensing rooker-feldman sovereign-immunity standing state-agency-review third-party-standing undue-burden May a corporation that has been denied a state license to open a new abortion clinic assert the Fourteenth Amendment rights of hypothetical future pat…
19-417 EMW Women's Surgical Center, P.S.C., et al. v. Adam Meier Sixth Circuit 2019-09-27 Denied Amici (3) abortion circuit-conflict circuit-split compelled-speech constitutional-rights first-amendment free-speech informed-consent medical-consent physician-autonomy ultrasound ultrasound-law Whether compulsory display-and-describe ultrasound laws abridge physicians' freedom of speech in violation of the First Amendment
19-5044 Adrian Moon v. California California 2019-07-03 Dismissed IFP abortion civil-rights constitutional-law due-process precedent standing standing-civil-procedure-due-process-takings-civil Where did the Supreme Court rule that the Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization decision overruled Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey?
18-1516 Veronica Price, et al. v. City of Chicago, Illinois, et al. Seventh Circuit 2019-06-06 Denied Amici (8)Relisted (2) abortion abortion-clinic buffer-zone civil-rights content-neutrality first-amendment free-speech narrow-tailoring precedent speech-restriction Whether the Court should reconsider Hill v. Colorado in light of Reed v. Town of Gilbert and McCullen v. Coakley
18-1460 Stephen Russo, Interim Secretary, Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals v. June Medical Services L.L.C., et al. Fifth Circuit 2019-05-23 Judgment Issued Amici (4) abortion abortion-providers abortion-regulations civil-rights due-process health-and-safety-regulations health-regulations health-safety-law legal-standing patient-relationship patient-rights patient-standing prudential-standing standing third-party third-party-standing Can abortion providers have third-party standing to challenge health and safety regulations?
18-1323 June Medical Services L.L.C., et al. v. Stephen Russo, Interim Secretary, Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals Fifth Circuit 2019-04-19 Judgment Issued Amici (20)Relisted (2) abortion abortion-rights admitting-privileges constitutional-law due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent undue-burden whole-woman's-health whole-womans-health womens-health Whether the Fifth Circuit's decision upholding Louisiana's law requiring physicians who perform abortions to have admitting privileges at a local hosp…
18-837 Scott Harris, in His Official Capacity as State Health Officer, et al. v. West Alabama Women's Center, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-01-03 Denied Amici (6)Relisted (11) abortion abortion-ban abortion-rights constitutional-challenge dismemberment due-process gonzales-v-carhart medical-debate medical-procedure partial-birth-abortion reproductive-rights state-law state-regulation unborn-child Whether a state ban on dismemberment abortions is unconstitutional where there is a reasonable medical debate that alternatives to the banned procedur…
18-483 Kristina Box, Commissioner, Indiana Department of Health, et al. v. Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky, Inc., et al. Seventh Circuit 2018-10-16 Judgment Issued Amici (14)Relisted (15) 14th-amendment abortion civil-rights disability due-process equal-protection fetal-remains medical-regulation Whether States may require fetal remains to be handled the same as other human remains