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WOMEN'S COMMUNITY HEALTH CTR., INC. v. COHEN

Civ. Nos. 79-162 P, 79-165 P.

477 F.Supp. 542 (1979)

WOMEN'S COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER, INC., et al., Plaintiffs, v. Richard S. COHEN, Attorney General of the State of Maine, Defendant. Nancy H. STEWART, Plaintiff, v. Michael PETIT et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Maine.

September 13, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roy Lucas, Lynn I. Miller, Louis R. Stern, Lucas & Miller, Washington, D. C., Cushman D. Anthony, William H. Howison, Anthony, Howison & Hayden, Portland, Me., for plaintiffs in No. 79-162 P.

Ralph I. Lancaster, Jr., Portland, Me., James Bopp, Jr., Francis & Brames, Terre Haute, Ind., for potential intervenors.

Gerald F. Petruccelli, Robert E. Mittel, Portland, Me., for plaintiffs in No. 79-165 P.

Richard S. Cohen, Atty. Gen., James E. Smith, Asst. Atty. Gen., Augusta, Me., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM OF OPINION AND ORDER OF THE COURT

GIGNOUX, Chief Judge.

Plaintiffs in these consolidated actions under the Civil Rights Act of 1871, 42 U.S.C. § 1983, seek declaratory and injunctive relief against the enforcement of two statutes regulating the performance of abortions, recently enacted by the Maine Legislature and approved by the Governor, to take effect on September 14, 1979. The first of these statutes, 22 Me.Rev.Stat.Ann. § 1597...

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