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VOE v. CALIFANO

Civ. No. N-77-195.

434 F.Supp. 1058 (1977)

Virginia VOE v. Joseph A. CALIFANO, Jr., Individually and as Secretary of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, et al.

United States District Court, D. Connecticut.

July 14, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald Gold, Legal Aid Society of Hartford County, Inc., Hartford, Conn., Judith Mears, New Haven, Conn., for plaintiff.

Edmund C. Walsh, Asst. Atty. Gen., Hartford, Conn., Nancy Nemon, Atty., Dept. of Health, Education, & Welfare, Boston, Mass., Raymond L. Sweigart, Asst. U. S. Atty., New Haven, Conn., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION

NEWMAN, District Judge.

This is a suit by a 20-year-old woman to obtain public funding for the expenses of a sterilization operation. She is eligible for Medicaid funds, but federal regulations currently prohibit the states from using such funds to pay for sterilization of any person under 21. The case is an unhappy blend of compelling personal circumstances, ironic administrative regulations, and uncertain judicial standards. The...

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