United States Sixth Circuit

Ohio's partial birth abortion statute, Ohio Rev. Code Ann. section 2919.15.1, does not violate the Fourteenth Amendment, because it does not restrict the most commonly used procedure for second trimester abortions and because it provides an exception for significant health risks.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/17/2003
• Published 12/17/2003

Judges

• Before:  RYAN and BATCHELDER, Circuit Judges;  TARNOW, District Judge.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Stephen P. Carney (argued and briefed), Anne Berry Strait, Karl William Schedler (briefed), Office of the Attorney General of Ohio, Columbus, OH, for Appellants, Eric D. Miller, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., A. Stephen Hut, Jr., Kimberly A. Parker, Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, Washington, D.C., Jennifer Dalven, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, New York, NY, for Amici Curiae.


• For Appellees:
  
• Alphonse A. Gerhardstein (argued and briefed), Jennifer L. Branch (briefed), Laufman & Gerhardstein, Cincinnati, OH, David C. Greer (briefed), Bieser, Greer & Landis, Dayton, OH, for Appellees.