Summary

A broad range of experts filed amicus briefs (“friend of the court” briefs) to the Texas Supreme Court in support of the plaintiffs in Zurawski v. State of Texas, the Center’s case on behalf of Texas physicians and women denied abortion care despite facing severe and dangerous pregnancy complications that threatened their health, lives, and future fertility. The briefs were ahead of the November 28 oral argument on the state’s appeal of an injunction issued by a lower state court in August that blocked Texas’s abortion bans as they apply to dangerous pregnancy complications and clarified that doctors can use their good-faith medical judgment to determine when to provide abortion care in those situations.

Law professors, historians, medical groups, plaintiffs’ families, abortion funds, disability rights groups, faith groups, athletes, state attorneys general, elected officials, businesses, and other groups submitted amicus briefs in support of the 22 plaintiffs.

Below are the briefs that have been filed in support of the Center’s case.

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Legal and Academic Briefs

• State Constitutional Law Professors
• Historians
• NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund

Medical Briefs

• Major Medical Groups
• Physicians for Human Rights

Briefs Submitted By Impacted Communities

• Plaintiffs’ Families
• National Network of Abortion Funds
• Disability Rights
• Faith Groups
• Athletes

Government and Industry

• State Attorneys General
• Local Elected Officials
• Texas Businesses