Opinion
No. 17-50282
02-04-2019
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
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.
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.
Before STEWART, Chief Judge, JONES, SMITH, DENNIS, OWEN, ELROD, SOUTHWICK, HAYNES, GRAVES, HIGGINSON, COSTA, WILLETT, HO, DUNCAN, and ENGELHARDT, Circuit Judges.
Judge Oldham is recused and did not participate in this decision.
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BY THE COURT:A majority of the circuit judges in regular active service and not disqualified having voted in favor, on the Court’s own motion, to rehear this case en banc,
IT IS ORDERED that this cause shall be reheard by the court en banc with oral argument on a date hereafter to be fixed. The Clerk will specify a briefing schedule for the filing of supplemental briefs.