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PLANNED PARENTHOOD ASS'N v. McWHERTER

817 S.W.2d 13 (1991)

PLANNED PARENTHOOD ASSOCIATION OF NASHVILLE, INC., Memphis Planned Parenthood, Inc., and Peter Cartwright, M.D., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Ned R. McWHERTER, Governor, and Charles W. Burson, Attorney General, State of Tennessee, Defendants-Appellants.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Nashville.

September 9, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles W. Burson, Atty. Gen. and Reporter, John Knox Walkup, Sol. Gen., Andy D. Bennett, Michael W. Catalano, Deputy Attys. Gen., Nashville, for defendants-appellants.

Barbara E. Otten, Roger K. Evans, Dara Klassel, New York City, Larry Woods, Irwin Venick, Nashville (Edward Kaplan, Teresa J. Sigmon, Memphis, Barry Friedman, Nashville, of counsel), for plaintiffs-appellees.

OPINION

DAUGHTREY, Justice.

This matter is before us on a certified question of law referred from the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 923 F.2d 474. That court has asked us to render an opinion on the relative validity of two conflicting Tennessee statutes, T.C.A. §§ 37-10-301 through 307, requiring "parental consent for abortions by minors," and T.C.A. § 39-15-202(f), requiring "notice...

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