QUESTIONS PRESENTED1. Whether the Nebraska partial-birth abortion statute violates women’s right to privacy because it bans a broad range of abortion procedures, including the safest method of second-trimester abortion, without regard to fetal viability?2. Whether the court of appeals properly declined to narrow the scope of the Nebraska partial-birth abortion statute because doing so would […]
DON STENBERG, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF NEBRASKA, et al., PETITIONERS v. LEROY CARHARTNo. 99-830United States Supreme Court.Argued April 25, 2000Decided June 28, 2000 https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/062800NEdecision.pdf
Pursuant to this Court’s order dated June 12, 2008, Plaintiffs-Appellees Richmond Medical Center for Women and William G. Fitzhugh, M.D. (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) hereby respond to the petition for rehearing en banc filed by Defendants-Appellants Michael N. Herring and Wade A. Kizer (collectively, the “Commonwealth”). As set forth more fully below, the petition should be denied […]
PETITION FOR REHEARING AND REHEARING EN BANCVirginia – 2008Virginia Attorney General Robert F. McDonnell, on behalf of Michael N. Herring, in his official capacity as Commonwealth’s Attorney for the City of Richmond, and Wade A. Kizer, in his official capacity as Commonwealth‟s Attorney for Henrico County (collectively “Virginia”), and pursuant Fed. R. App. P. 35 […]
This case involves a facial challenge under the Fourteenth Amendment to a Virginia statute that attempts to criminalize “partial birth abortion,” which the statute terms “partial birth infanticide.” In a summary judgment order the district court declared the statute invalid for several reasons. We affirm because it lacks an exception to protect a woman’s health. […]
Introduction1. The Center for Reproductive Rights submits these written comments pursuant to leave granted by the President of the Chamber in accordance with Rule 44 § 2 and § 4 of the Rules of the Court. These comments address the issue of whether a member state of the Council of Europe (“member state”) that has […]
We reconsider the constitutionality of a Virginia statute that outlaws what is termed “partial birth infanticide.” Va.Code Ann. § 18.2-71.1 (the Virginia Act or the Act). Reconsideration is required in light of Gonzales v. Carhart (Carhart II), 550 U.S. —-, 127 S.Ct. 1610, 167 L.Ed.2d 480 (2007), which rejected a facial challenge to the federal […]
Physicians and medical clinics challenged constitutionality of Virginia statute criminalizing “partial birth infanticide,” and sought injunctive relief. https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/District-Court-Decision-2-02-04.pdf
INADMISSIBILITY DECISIOND. v. IRELANDA Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights has declared inadmissible the application lodged in the case of D. v. Ireland (application no. 26499/02) on the ground that the applicant had not exhausted domestic remedies, in that she had failed to bring an action before the Irish courts. (The decision is […]
Filing date: Amicus brief submitted to Supreme Courts in February 2008 Country/Region: , Mexico -LAC Plaintiff(s): GIRE Center Attorney(s): , Lilian SepulvedaPartners: International Commission of Jurists, GIRE Summary: In February of 2008, the Center, in collaboration with the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), drafted a third-party brief before the Mexico Supreme Court, arguing in favor […]