United States Eighth Circuit

The federal Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act is unconstitutional where it does not contain a health exception.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/08/2005
• Published 07/08/2005

Judges

• BYE, Circuit Judge., Before LOKEN, Chief Judge, FAGG, and BYE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Gregory G. Katsas, argued, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC (Michael G. Heavican, U.S. Atty., Lincoln, NE, Peter D. Keisler, Asst. Atty. Gen., Marleigh D. Dover, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Catherine Y. Hancock, Teal Luthy Miller, and Jeffrey A. Wadsworth, Washington, DC, on brief), for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Priscilla J. Smith, argued, New York City (Janet Crepps and Nan Strauss, New York City, on brief), for appellee.