PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER TEXAS FAMILY PLANNING AND PREVENTATIVE HEALTH SERVICES INC 10 11 v. SMITH HHSC HHSC (2019)

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER TEXAS FAMILY PLANNING AND PREVENTATIVE HEALTH SERVICES, INC.; Planned Parenthood San Antonio; Planned Parenthood Cameron County; Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast, Inc; Planned Parenthood South Texas Surgical Center; Jane Doe #1; Jane Doe #2; Jane Doe #4; Jane Doe #7; Jane Doe #9; Jane Doe #10; Jane Doe #11, Plaintiffs-Appellees v. Charles SMITH, in His Official Capacity as Executive Commissioner of HHSC; Sylvia Hernandez Kauffman, in Her Official Capacity as Acting Inspector General of HHSC, Defendants-Appellants

No. 17-50282

Decided: February 04, 2019

Before STEWART, Chief Judge, JONES, SMITH, DENNIS, OWEN, ELROD, SOUTHWICK, HAYNES, GRAVES, HIGGINSON, COSTA, WILLETT, HO, DUNCAN, and ENGELHARDT, Circuit Judges.1

Jennifer Sandman, Roger K. Evans, Planned Parenthood Federation of America, New York, NY, Alice J. Clapman, Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Washington, DC, Thomas Hart Watkins, Esq., Husch Blackwell, L.L.P., Austin, TX, for Plaintiffs-Appellees. Heather Gebelin Hacker, Assistant Solicitor General, Office of the Attorney General for the State of Texas, Kyle Douglas Hawkins, Office of the Attorney General, Office of the Solicitor General, Andrew Bowman Stephens, Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General, General Litigation Division, Austin, TX, for Defendants-Appellants. Adam Gustafson, Boyden Gray & Associates, Washington, DC, Amicus Curiae for KEVIN DONOVAN, M.D., Director of the Center for Clinical Bioethics and Professor of Pediatrics at Georgetown University Medical Center. Michael Cantrell, Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General for the State of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR, for Amicus Curiae STATE OF ARKANSAS, STATE OF INDIANA, STATE OF KANSAS, STATE OF KENTUCKY, STATE OF LOUISIANA, STATE OF MICHIGAN, STATE OF MISSOURI, STATE OF NEBRASKA, STATE OF OHIO, STATE OF OKLAHOMA, STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, STATE OF UTAH, STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA, STATE OF WISCONSIN, PHIL BRYANT. Lawrence John Joseph, Washington, DC, Amicus Curiae for EAGLE FORUM EDUCATION AND LEGAL DEFENSE FUND. Jonathan F. Mitchell, Stanford Law School, Stanford, CA, Amicus Curiae for 42 MEMBERS OF CONGRESS. Hillary Schneller, Center for Reproductive Rights, U.S. Litigation, New York, NY, Amicus Curiae for BLACK MAMAS MATTER ALLIANCE, AFIYA CENTER, BLACK WOMEN'S HEALTH IMPERATIVE, NATIONAL BIRTH EQUITY COLLABORATIVE, SISTERSONG: THE NATIONAL WOMEN OF COLOR REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE COLLECTIVE, WOMEN WITH A VISION. Martha Jane Perkins, National Health Law Program, Carrboro, NC, Amicus Curiae for NATIONAL HEALTH LAW PROGRAM, NATIONAL FAMILY PLANNING & REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH ASSOCIATION, IPAS, NATIONAL LATINA INSTITUTE FOR REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH, ASIAN & PACIFIC ISLANDER AMERICAN HEALTH FORUM, SEXUALITY INFORMATION AND EDUCATION COUNCIL OF THE UNITED STATES. Boris Bershteyn, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, L.L.P., New York, NY, Amicus Curiae for TWENTY−FIVE UNITED STATES SENATORS.