June Medical Services, LLC, et al. v. Stephen Russo, Interim Secretary, Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals
Country: United StatesYear: 2020
Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Citation: 591 US (2020)
Health Topics: Health care and health services, Hospitals, Sexual and reproductive health
Human Rights: Right to health, Right to liberty and security of person, Right to privacy
Facts:
Tags: Abortion, Abortion counseling, Abortion technique, access to abortion, Access to health care, Access to treatment, Clinics, Health care professionals, Health facilities, Private hospitals, Public hospitalsIn 2014, the legislature in Louisiana passed Act 620 which requires any doctor who performs abortions in Louisiana to have admitting privileges at a hospital no more than 30 miles from where the abortion is performed. Admitting privileges is defined as being “a member in good standing” of the hospital’s “medical staff…with the ability to …Read more
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Pro Familia Asociación Civil v. Gobierno Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires et al.
Country: ArgentinaYear: 2012
Court: Supreme Court of Justice [Corte Suprema de Justicia de la Nación Argentina]
Citation: C. 783. XLVIII.
Health Topics: Hospitals, Sexual and reproductive health
Human Rights: Right to bodily integrity, Right to family life, Right to liberty and security of person, Right to privacy
Facts:
Tags: Abortion, access to abortion, Legal Abortion, Patient choice, Right to Privacy, sexual and reproductive rightsThe plaintiff filed a suit to the First Instance Contentious Administrative and Tributary Court of the City Buenos Aires [Juzgado N° 14 Contencioso Administrativo y Tributario de la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires] against the City of Buenos Aires [Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires] to obliged them to declare the nullity of the Resolution N° 1174 MSGC-07 …Read more
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