Recent developments in health law: State attempts to expand abortion informed consent requirements: New life after Gonzales v. Carhart?

Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 751-759

  Gordon, Matthew ^a   Rachel E Caplan, ^b   Rebecca Entigar Nauta, ^b  

^a HARVARD LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; JURISPRUDENCE; LEGAL ABORTION; LEGAL ASPECT; PREGNANCY; UNITED STATES;

ABORTION, LEGAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; PREGNANCY; SUPREME COURT DECISIONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 36849094936     PISSN: 10731105     EISSN: 1748720X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-720X.2007.00199.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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6. Those states are Georgia (House Bill 147), Idaho (House Bill 248), and Mississippi (Senate Bill 2391).
7. House Bill 3355, 117th Gen. Assem. §§ A(1)(a), A(1)(b) (S.C. 2007).
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22. Id., at 723.
23. Id., at 724.
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25. Id., at 738 (Judge Greunder dissenting).
26. Id.
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30. Carhart v. Gonzales, 127 S. Ct. 1610, 1620 (2007) [hereinafter cited as Carhart].
31. Id., at 1622.
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33. Id., at 1645 (Justice Ginsburg dissenting).
34. Id., at 1635 (majority opinion).
35. Stenberg v. Carhart, 530 U.S. 914 (2000).
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37. See supra note 16.
38. See Carhart, supra note 30, at 1648, n. 7 (Justice Ginsburg dissenting) (noting the evidence against the contention that women who obtain abortions are at higher risk for psychological distress than women who carry their pregnancies to term).
39. Id., at 1633, 1638; see also id., at 1650 (Justice Ginsburg dissenting).
40. Id., at 1633 (majority opinion).
41. Id., at 1647 (Justice Ginsburg dissenting).
42. Id., at 1627 (majority opinion).
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44. Batte-Holmgren v. Commissioner of Public Health, 281 Conn. 277 (2007) [hereinafter cited as Batte-Holmgren].
45. Id.
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51. Id., at 284 (quoting Conn. Prac. Book § 17-56 [b]).
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55. Id.
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63. Id.
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73. See Department, supra note 30.
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76. Id.
77. Id.
78. Id., at 307-8.
79. Id., at 308.
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81. Retail Industry Leaders Association v. Fielder, 475 F.3d 180, 198 (4th Cir. 2007) [hereinafter cited as Retail Industry].
82. Id., at 183 (citing Md. Code Ann., Labor and Employment §§ 8.5-101 to -07 2006 See Retail Industry, supra note 1, at 183; Md. Code Ann., Health-General § 15-142 (2006) defines this fund.
83. Id. (Retail Industry), at 183.
84. Id.
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86. Id., at 185. Because this court found that ERISA preempted the Fair Share Act, it did not address the merits of RILA's equal protection challenge: id., at 198.
87. Id., at 185 (citing 28 U.S.C. § 1341 2000 Id., at 186 (relying on Hunt v. Washington State Apple Advertising Commission, 432 U.S. 333, 345 1977 Hunt mandated that associational standing exists when "(a) its members would otherwise have standing to sue in their own right; (b) the interests it seeks to protect are germane to the organization's purpose; and (c) neither the claim asserted nor the relief requested requires the participation of individual. members in the lawsuit: see Hunt, 432 U.S. at 343.
88. Id. (Retail Industry), at 186.
89. Id.
90. Id., at 187.
91. Id., at 188.
92. Id.
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95. Id., at 188.
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98. Id., at 189 (articulating the Tax Injunction Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1341 2000 28 U.S.C. § 1341 (2000).
99. See Retail Industry, supra note 1, at 189.
100. Id., at 189 (applying Valero Terrestrial Corp. v. Caffrey, 205 F.3d 130, 134 [4th Cir. 2000 Id., at 189 (citing Valero, 205 F.3d at 134).
101. Id., at 189.
102. Id., at 190.
103. Id., at 191 (emphasis in opinion) (quoting the ERISA preemption provision at 29 U.S.C. § 1144[a]).
104. Id., at 191 (citation omitted).
105. Id.
106. Id.
107. Id., at 193.
108. Id., at 191.
109. Id., at 192.
110. Id., at 193.
111. Id., at 195.
112. Id. In a footnote, the court went on to address Wal-Mart's other alternatives. These included moving employees to a different state so that it would employ less than 10,000 people in Maryland and reducing its payroll in order to meet the eight percent spending quota: id., at 194, n. 3. It found both suggestions so implausible that "not even the Secretary advances these arguments": id.
113. Id., at 195.
114. Id.
115. Id., at 196.
116. Id., at 194.
117. Id., at 197.
118. Id., at 198.
119. Id., at 184 (referencing the background portion of the Department of Legislative Services report that informed Maryland's General Assembly about Wal-Mart's average wage paid to employees).
120. Id., at 198 (Judge Michael dissenting).
121. Id., at 200 (expressing agreement with the majority that the claims asserted by the Retail Industry Leaders Association are justiciable, but not for all of the same reasons Id., at 204.
122. Id., at 191 (majority opinion).
123. Id., at 203 (Judge Michael dissenting).