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  Doe v Bolton: Opinion
Inasmuch as Doe and her class are recognized, the question whether the other appellant physicians, nurses, clergymen, social workers, and corporations present a justiciable controversy and have standing is perhaps a matter of no great consequence.
It is not clear from the record, however, whether Doe's own consulting physician was or was not a member of the committee or did or did not present her case, or, indeed, whether she herself was or was not there.
(Doe's own situation did not involve extramarital sex and its product.) The appellants' suggestion is necessarily somewhat degrading to the conscientious physician, particularly the obstetrician, whose professional activity is concerned with the physical and mental welfare, the woes, the emotions, and the concern of his female patients.
www.pregnantpause.org /court/doe-o.htm   (4853 words)

  
 The Buck Stops Here: What did Doe v. Bolton Accomplish?
Bolton (i.e., "[M]edical judgment may be exercised in the light of all factors--physical, emotional, psychological, familial, and the woman's age--relevant to the well-being of the patient.
Bolton, 410 U.S. 179 (1973), that an exception in Georgia's abortion statute for abortions performed when a physician determined, "based upon his best clinical judgment[,] [that] an abortion [was] necessary,".
Bolton, 410 U.S. 179, 192 (1973), this Court indicated that "[w]hether `an abortion is necessary' is a professional judgment that.
stuartbuck.blogspot.com /2004/07/what-did-doe-v-bolton-accomplish.html   (1063 words)

  
 FindLaw for Legal Professionals - Case Law, Federal and State Resources, Forms, and Code
Appellant Doe, an indigent married Georgia citizen, who was denied an abortion after eight weeks of pregnancy for failure to meet any of the 26-1202 (a) conditions, sought declaratory and injunctive relief, contending that the Georgia laws were unconstitutional.
This is so because it would be physically and emotionally damaging to Doe to bring a child into her poor, "fatherless" 10 family, and because advances in medicine and medical techniques have made it safer for a woman to have a medically induced abortion than for her to bear a child.
Constantineau, 400 U.S. (1971), concerning the posting of an alcoholic's name, Doe first argues that she was denied due process because she could not make a presentation to the committee.
caselaw.lp.findlaw.com /scripts/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=410&invol=179   (11048 words)

  
 Doe v. Bolton, 410 U.S. 179, 188 (1973)
Appellant Doe, an indigent married Georgia citizen, who was denied an abortion after eight weeks of pregnancy for failure to meet any of the § 26-1202 (a) conditions, sought declaratory and injunctive relief, contending that the Georgia laws were unconstitutional.
Inasmuch as Doe and her class are recognized, the question whether the other appellants -- physicians, nurses, clergymen, social workers, and corporations -- present a justiciable controversy and have standing is perhaps a matter of no great consequence.
This is so because it would be physically and emotionally damaging to Doe to bring a child into her poor, "fatherless" *fn10 family, and because advances in medicine and medical techniques have made it safer for a woman to have a medically induced abortion than for her to bear a child.
biotech.law.lsu.edu /cases/reproduction/bolton.htm   (10486 words)

  
 STENBERG V. CARHART   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Without question, one does not “deliver” a child when one removes the child from the uterus piece by piece, as in a D&E. Rather, in the words of respondent and his experts, one “remove[s]” or “dismember[s]” the child in a D&E. App.
The majority argues that the statute does not explicitly require that the death-causing procedure be separate from the overall abortion procedure.
I assume that the Court does not discuss the health risks with respect to undue burden, and instead suggests that health risks are relevant to the necessity of a health exception, because a marginal increase in safety risk for some women is clearly not an undue burden within the meaning of Casey.
straylight.law.cornell.edu /supct/html/99-830.ZD3.html   (11619 words)

  
 Abortion / Doe v. Bolton, 410 U.S. 179 (1973)
Inasmuch as Doe and her class are recognized, the question whether the other appellants - physicians, nurses, clergymen, social workers, and corporations - present a justiciable controversy and have standing is perhaps a matter of no great consequence.
This is so because it would be physically and emotionally damaging to Doe to bring a child into her poor, "fatherless"10 family, and because advances in medicine and medical techniques have made it safer for a woman to have a medically induced abortion than for her to bear a child.
The same study shows, however, that 27% of the candidates for abortion were already 13 or more weeks pregnant at the time of application, that is, they were at the end of or beyond the first trimester when they made their applications.
www.peopleforlife.org /bolton.html   (10304 words)

  
 Sandra Cano Story - 'Mary Doe' of Doe v. Bolton
Sandra Cano is the "Mary Doe" of the 1973 Supreme Court case Doe v.
The document states that she is pregnant with her fourth child and that she cannot possibly care for the child properly, she is not emotionally capable of bringing the baby into the world, and that she wants an abortion.
Clearly, Mary Doe was not Sandra Race Bensing.
www.priestsforlife.org /testimony/ffsandracano.html   (1864 words)

  
 Doe v. Bolton -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The plaintiff, a pregnant woman who was given the pseudonym "Mary Doe" in court papers to protect her identity, sued Arthur K. Bolton, then the Attorney General of Georgia, as the official responsible for enforcing the law.
A three-judge panel of the (Click link for more info and facts about United States district court) United States district court declared the conditional restrictions portion of the law unconstitutional, but upheld the medical approval and residency requirements, and refused to issue an injunction against enforcement of the law.
Together, Doe and Roe recognized abortion as a (Click link for more info and facts about constitutional right) constitutional right and by implication overturned most laws against abortion in other (Click link for more info and facts about US state) US states.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/d/do/doe_v._bolton.htm   (343 words)

  
 Texas Justice Foundation - Press Release 01/30/99   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Bolton, 410 U.S. the case reported in the official reports of the United States Supreme Court as the companion case to Roe v.
Bolton must be understood and accounted for, not simply to correct the record in my own case, but to correct the public record in the Santa Marie case and the law of abortion in general: abortion is not in the interest of a mother.
Bolton, then I gladly speak for other women in this case to say that abortion is too coercive by nature; too much the will of others; too much the will of a society which finds abortion more convenient for it than a commitment to the well being of the mother and the child.
www.txjf.org /cano.html   (2414 words)

  
 SecondLookProject.org   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Bolton the Court ruled that a woman's right to an abortion could not be limited by the state if abortion was sought for reasons of maternal health.
In this 1992 case the Court said states could regulate abortion to require parental involvement when minors were involved, require a waiting period between seeking and obtaining an abortion, and require doctors to provide detailed medical information before obtaining consent for the abortion.
Bolton health exception to abortion restrictions throughout pregnancy was not altered.
www.secondlookproject.org /law   (385 words)

  
 Pro-Life News: Brownback ...
Bolton, told a Senate panel Thursday she never sought an abortion and claimed she was duped by lawyers representing her more than three decades ago.
Sandra Cano of Atlanta, Georgia, the 'Doe' in the Doe v.
Bolton told a Senate Judiciary subcommittee, "I did not seek an abortion nor do I believe in abortion," Cano said.
www.covenantnews.com /abortion/archives/013284.html   (110 words)

  
 Sandra Cano : The Doe of Doe v. Bolton : her affidavit
Sandra Cano : The Doe of Doe v.
Bolton that says that it would devastate me to have another baby, that I did not want another baby, that I could not care for another baby, and mentions suicide, I am ninety-nine percent certain that I did not sign this affidavit.
Bolton was decided, my mother and my stepfather were in the bedroom watching television.
www.eadshome.com /DoeAffidavit.htm   (2021 words)

  
 After abortion
Earlier today, Sandra Cano--the "Mary Doe" of the 1973 US Supreme Court Doe v Bolton abortion case--filed a Rule 60 Motion to overturn that case.
Bolton struck down the Georgia Health Exception Statute that required the agreement of three doctors to perform an abortion for the health of the mother.
In effect, in Doe the Court gutted Roe's trimester limitations, allowing one lone abortionist to perform an abortion for profit for any reason up until the delivery of the baby.
afterabortion.blogspot.com /2003/08/mary-doe-files-to-reverse-doe-v.html   (277 words)

  
 > (Part One): The Appeal to Pity -- Pro-Life Forum <   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The fact is that the current law does not restrict a woman from getting an abortion for practically any reason she deems fit during the entire nine months of pregnancy.
Bolton (1973), that for all intents and purposes the current law in every state except Missouri and Pennsylvania (where the restrictions allowed by Webster have been enacted into law) allows for abortion on demand.
That year, Infant Doe, an Indiana newborn who was born with Down's syndrome and correctable spina bifida, was permitted to die at the request of her parents who asked the attending physician to withhold food and water from the infant.
www.prolifeforum.org /quick-part1.asp   (5722 words)

  
 Roe v Wade: The root of Abortion on Demand   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Bolton, seven justices overturned the abortion laws of al1 50 states and nationalized the "right" to abortion on demand throughout all nine months of pregnancy.
The Court held that an unborn child was not a ?person?, and thus was not protected by the 14th Amendment's inalienable right to life.
Bolton together established a nationwide, absolute "right" to abortion on demand throughout all nine months of pregnancy.
www.scvlcc.org /content.asp?id=102   (493 words)

  
 Doe v. Bolton: Syllabus
Georgia law proscribes an abortion except as performed by a duly licensed Georgia physician when necessary in "his best clinical judgment" because continued pregnancy would endanger a pregnant woman's life or injure her health; the fetus would likely be born with serious defect; or the pregnancy resulted from rape.
Appellant Doe, an indigent married Georgia citizen, who was denied an abortion after eight weeks of pregnancy for failure to meet any of the § 26-1202 (a) conditions, sought declaratory and injunctive relief, contending that the Geogia laws were unconstitutional.
Though holding that all the plaintiffs had standing, the Distriet Court ruled that only Doe presented a justiciable controversy.
www.pregnantpause.org /court/doe-s.htm   (540 words)

  
 Roe v. Wade expanded in ruling on Doe v. Bolton
Bolton that is the landmark ruling on laws prohibiting abortions.
Bolton, a suit bought against Georgia's attorney-general by a pregnant woman identified as "Mary Doe" and 23 others.
In the Doe ruling the Court held that while the parent's right to an abortion is not absolute, it is incorrect to interpose an arbitrary committee in the decision, essentially leaving the choice to have an abortion up to the baby's parents and their doctor.
www.ourgeorgiahistory.com /chronpop/2285   (226 words)

  
 Coaliton on Abortion/Breast Cancer - The Consequences of Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton
Bolton." These are companion court cases that effectively struck down state laws prohibiting induced abortion.
Bolton) each testified against Roe and Doe and discussed the adverse effects of these cases in their lives.
Collett testified that Roe and Doe "have significantly undermined the well being of women and children in the United States, as well as seriously damaged the political fabric of American civil society." She maintained that women did not need abortion to secure political, economic and social equality with men.
www.abortionbreastcancer.com /news/050628   (1573 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Roe v. Wade, Court Case (Court Cases) - Encyclopedia
You are here : AllRefer.com > Reference > Encyclopedia > Court Cases > Roe v.
The decision, written by Justice Harry Blackmun and based on the residual right of privacy, struck down dozens of state antiabortion statutes.
Casey, the court reaffirmed the abortion rights granted in Roe v.
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/R/RoevWade.html   (322 words)

  
 American Life League - Abortion   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Bolton is the key that unlocked legal abortion on demand through all nine months of pregnancy.
According to Justice Blackmun's Doe opinion, in determining whether an abortion is necessary for a woman's health, a doctor's judgment "may be exercised in the light of all factors - physical, emotional, psychological, familial, and the woman's age - relevant to the well-being of the patient."
Bolton, any woman may legally abort her child at any time before her baby is born.
www.all.org /issues/ab10.htm   (1195 words)

  
 Welcome to the Center's Shake the Nation Back to Life Web Area!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
In addition, the sworn affidavit with Sandra's signature was used by Pitts Haines as she fought to legalize late-term abortions in the courts.
Bolton was first argued in federal district court, the attorney representing Sandra's then-unborn baby asked the three judge panel for specific information on the anonymous Mary Doe.
Bolton was filed, in the same hospital where she supposedly sought an abortion.
www.reclaimamerica.org /PAGES/SHAKE/ShakeStories/SCanoProfile.asp   (1079 words)

  
 Family.org - CitizenLink - FNIF News - Doe v. Bolton Challenged   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
It is ironic, perhaps, that of the two cases, the lesser-known one — Doe v.
"Doe is the more deceptive case because Roe appeared to create a compromise (by allowing abortion as late as the second trimester), but (ironically) Doe gutted it immediately by saying (abortion would not be allowed) unless the woman's health is involved," Parker said.
Parker expects Doe to go to appeal as well, but vowed both cases will return to the U.S. Supreme Court.
www.family.org /cforum/fnif/news/a0027486.cfm   (413 words)

  
 "Doe" Files Suit to Overturn Doe v. Bolton Abortion Decision
At a press conference today, Sandra Cano, the "Mary Doe" of the infamous case, says she wants the ruling that allowed abortion on demand to be overturned.
Wade, the Doe decision saw the high court define "health" to include "all factors—physical emotional, psychological, familial, and the woman's age" that may prompt someone who have an abortion.
She is being represented by the Texas-based Justice Foundation, a pro-life legal group that is also working with Norma McCorvey in an attempt to overturn Roe v.
www.tennesseerighttolife.org /news_center/archives/08282003-01.htm   (515 words)

  
 JivinJehoshaphat: Blogging on Roe v. Wade's and Doe v. Bolton's Anniversary
We should also remember that the Supreme Court decided Doe v.
Bolton on the same day 32 years ago.
My guess is the large majority of our country has no clue about Doe v.
jivinjehoshaphat.blogspot.com /2005/01/blogging-on-roe-v-wades-and-doe-v.html   (571 words)

  
 U.S. Newswire : Releases : "'Doe' of Doe v. Bolton Announces Historic Legal Effort at Press Conference"   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Sandra Cano, the "Doe" of the Doe v.
Bolton abortion case -- the companion case to Roe v.
Bolton judgment was entered 33 years ago in the U.S. District Court, Atlanta Division.
releases.usnewswire.com /GetRelease.asp?id=19896   (219 words)

  
 Glory of Zion International - Prayer News Alert
Bolton - the two cases that bought abortion to the America.
Norma McCorvey who was formally designated "Roe" and Sandra Cano "Doe" have asked the Foundation to represent them as they return to court to open their cases.
Therefore, this court is bound to apply precedent and uphold the ruling in Doe v.
www.glory-of-zion.org /pna20040617.htm   (1479 words)

  
  : Overturning Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton Not Enough
Bolton, the cases that legalized abortion throughout the country in 1973, were to be overturned.
The study concludes that only seven states (Arkansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, South Dakota, and Wisconsin) would have enforceable laws on the books that would ban abortion.
According to the Executive Summary of the study: "There is a widespread popular belief that such a decision would make abortion illegal throughout the United States, or that an overruling decision would return the country to the state of law that existed when Roe and Doe were decided on January 22, 1973.
www.covenantnews.com /newswire/archives/013300.html   (740 words)

  
 US Supreme Court Abortion Decision: DOE v. BOLTON
[Footnote 7] In answers to interrogatories, Doe stated that her application for an abortion was approved at Georgia Baptist Hospital on May 5, 1970, but that she was not approved as a charity patient there and had no money to pay for an abortion.
[Footnote 1] I disagree with the dismissal of Dr. Hallford's complaint in intervention in Roe v.
American Tobacco Co., 264 U.S. Footnote 3] The California abortion statute, held unconstitutional in the Belous case, made it a crime to perform or help perform an abortion "unless the same is necessary to preserve [the mother's] life." 71 Cal. 2d, at 959, 458 P.2d, at 197.
www.priestsforlife.org /government/supremecourt/7301doevbolton.htm   (10771 words)

  
 In the Courts
Has thus had strong impact upon abortion litigation, allowing physicians to act as plaintiffs instead of individual women, as is the case of Roe v.
Court invalidated a Missouri statute that required all second-trimester abortions to be performed in a hospital.
1985(3), cannot be applied to pro-life protesters because 1) "women seeking an abortion" are not a protected class under the statute, and 2) voluntary opposition to abortion does not constitute class-based discriminatory animus against women.
www.unitedforlife.org /court_decisions.htm   (1743 words)

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