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WI Court of Appeals – District IV

Case Name: Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin, Inc. v. Brad D. Schimel

Case No.: 2014AP2085

Officials: Neubauer, C.J., Reilly, P.J. and Gundrum, J.

Focus: Court Error

Plaintiffs-Respondents Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin, Inc. (PPW) and Dr. Fredrik Broekhuizen sought and received from the circuit court a summary and declaratory judgment interpreting newly enacted WIS. STAT. § 253.10 (2013-14), related to voluntary consent for an abortion, and WIS. STAT. § 253.105, related to medication abortions. Defendants-Appellants—the state attorney general in his official capacity, the Dane county district attorney in his official capacity and as a representative of a class comprising all Wisconsin district attorneys, and members of the Wisconsin Medical Examining Board— appeal, contending Plaintiffs’ entire action is nonjusticiable and therefore the court erred in granting judgment. We agree with Defendants and reverse.

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