Doe v. Kenley’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 district · 2 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “* * * [N]one of the funds provided for in this paragraph shall be used to perform abortions except where the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term; or except for such medical procedures necessary for the victims of rape or incest, when such rape or incest has been reported promptly to a law enforcement agency or public health service; or except in those instances where severe and long-lasting physical health damage to the mother would result if the pregnancy were carried to term when so determined by two physicians.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 165 N.J. Super. 443 - RIGHT TO CHOOSE ETC. v. Byrne · 482 F. Supp. 725 - Women's Health Services, Inc. v. Maher

2. “issue of whether a state which has established a policy for the stated objective of eliminating state medical assistance for Nontherapeutic abortions may implement that policy by requiring a physician to certify that the woman's life would be endangered if the pregnancy was carried to term. It rejected the state's argument, adopted by the district court, that the words”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Preterm, Inc. v. Dukakis

3. “that on the facts of this case we need not reach the statutory and constitutional issues raised by Doe of whether a state may be compelled by either Title XIX or the Constitution to fund induced therapeutic abortions.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Preterm, Inc. v. Dukakis