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Doe v. Seccombe

Supreme Court of Colorado. En Banc.Page 128
Jan 24, 1972
177 Colo. 127 (Colo. 1972)

Opinion

No. 25387

Decided January 24, 1972.

Original proceeding wherein petitioner applied for a writ in the nature of mandamus seeking to order the respondent to certify that there is probable cause to believe that petitioner was raped, in order that petitioner might ask a special hospital board of three licensed physicians to authorize an abortion under pertinent statute. Rule to show cause issued.

Rule Discharged Original Proceeding

Wormwood, Wolvington and Dosh, J. Kent Miller, for petitioner.

Jarvis W. Seccombe, District Attorney, Coleman M. Connolly, Deputy, for respondent.


Under Colo. Const. art. VI, § 3, the petitioner applied for a writ in the nature of mandamus. We were asked to order the respondent district attorney to certify that there is probable cause to believe that the petitioner was raped, in order that the petitioner might ask a special hospital board of three licensed physicians to authorize an abortion under 1967 Perm. Supp., C.R.S. 1963, 40-2-50. We issued a rule to show cause why the request for relief should not be granted and the respondent answered.

The petitioner has now advised that she has received an abortion, pursuant to the mental health provisions of the statute.

The petitioner sought relief individually and as a class action on behalf of others similarly situated. We decline to consider the matter as a class action and, of course, the matter presented by the petitioner individually has become moot.

The rule is discharged.


Summaries of

Doe v. Seccombe

Supreme Court of Colorado. En Banc.Page 128
Jan 24, 1972
177 Colo. 127 (Colo. 1972)
Case details for

Doe v. Seccombe

Case Details

Full title:Jane Doe, individually and on behalf of others similarly situated v…

Court:Supreme Court of Colorado. En Banc.Page 128

Date published: Jan 24, 1972

Citations

177 Colo. 127 (Colo. 1972)
493 P.2d 30