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YEAR: 1998

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin v. Doyle.

AUTHORS

Bostrom BA

SOURCE

Issues in Law and Medicine. 1998 Fall;14(2):209-14.

ABSTRACT

This paper reports the outcome of a legislative case by plaintiff Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin and 6 Wisconsin

physicians against Wisconsin Attorney General James E. Doyle and Dane County District Attorney Diane Nicks in

their official capacities. The plaintiffs challenged the constitutionality of 1997 Wisconsin Act 219, passed as

Assembly Bill 220 (AB 220) and codified at 895.038 and 940.16, Wis. Stats. ("the Act"). The Act subjects those who

intentionally perform a partial-birth abortion to civil and criminal liability. Moreover, the plaintiffs submitted affidavits

containing physicians' declaration that there is no such procedure called "partial-birth abortion" and other pertinent

information to refute Act 219. Despite the effort, the plaintiffs failed to establish a likelihood of success on the

merits or an irreparable injury flowing from enforcement of Act 219 banning partial-birth abortion. The court found that

none of the arguments presented by the plaintiff is sufficient enough to gain merit. In conclusion, the court opined:

State laws are entitled to a presumption of constitutionality, Wisconsin's attempt to ban a gruesome and less than

humane procedure which physicians occasionally use to kill a child partially born into this world must be accorded

the deference it deserves. In this light, the plaintiffs' motion for a preliminary injunction was denied. (PubHealth.info

Document ID: CONT2T 36-06)

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Bostrom BA. The source of this article is "Issues in Law and Medicine. 1998 Fall;14(2):209-14.". This article was

published in 1998 in English language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT2T 36-06. All rights reserved with

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