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Judgment Issued.
Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Gorsuch, J., delivered the <a href = 'https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/23-1275_e2pg.pdf'>opinion</a> of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Thomas, Alito, Kavanaugh, and Barrett, JJ., joined. Thomas, J., filed a concurring opinion. Jackson, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Sotomayor and Kagan, JJ., joined.
Argued. For petitioner: John J. Bursch, Washington, D. C.; and Kyle D. Hawkins, Counselor to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) For respondents: Nicole A. Saharsky, Washington, D. C.
Reply of petitioner Eunice Medina, Director, South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services filed. (Distributed)
Motion of the Acting Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.
Brief amici curiae of Women's Bar Association of the District of Columbia, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Brief amici curiae of 7 South Carolina Healthcare Policy Experts, Advocates, and Providers filed. (Distributed)
Brief amici curiae of Local Governments and Local Government Officials filed. (Distributed)
Brief amici curiae of Massachusetts, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Brief amicus curiae of Information Society Project at Yale Law School filed. (Distributed)
Brief amici curiae of National Health Law Program, et al. filed (corrected - March 17, 2025). (Distributed)
Brief amici curiae of National Health Law Program, et al. filed. (Corrected brief and PDF to be reprinted and submitted - March 14, 2025.)
Brief amici curiae of Organizations Advancing Reproductive Rights, Health, and Justice filed. (Distributed)
Brief amici curiae of American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Brief amici curiae of Former Senior Officials of the Department of Health and Human Services filed. (Distributed)
Brief amici curiae of 238 Members of Congress filed. (Distributed)
Brief amici curiae of Religious Organizations and Faith Leaders filed. (Distributed)
Brief amici curiae of Health Policy Scholars filed. (Distributed)
Brief amici curiae of American Public Health Association, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Brief amici curiae of American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Brief amici curiae of Medicaid Beneficiaries filed. (Distributed)
Amicus brief of 138 Women Hurt By Planned Parenthood Abortions And The Non-Profit Organization "And Then There Were None" as Amici Curiae In Support of Petitioners not accepted for filing. (March 13, 2025--to be resubmitted under relevant entity.)
Record received electronically from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina and available with the Clerk.
Letter of petitioner Eunice Medina, Director, South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services filed.
Brief of respondents Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Motion of the Acting Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.
CIRCULATED
Application (24A782) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file the reply brief on the merits to and including 2 p.m., March 24, 2025.
Record requested from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
Record received from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. The record is electronic and is available on PACER.
Response in opposition to application for extension of time to file the reply brief on the merits filed.
Application (24A782) to extend the time to file the reply brief on the merits from March 21, 2025 to March 24, 2025, submitted to The Chief Justice.
Brief amici curiae of United States Senators and Representatives filed.
SET FOR ARGUMENT on Wednesday, April 2, 2025.
Brief amici curiae of South Carolina Medicaid Practitioners filed.
Brief amicus curiae of Liberty Counsel filed.
Brief amici curiae of 311 State Legislators filed.
Brief amicus curiae of Americans United for Life filed.
Brief amicus curiae of American Center for Law and Justice filed.
Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.
Brief amici curiae of American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists, et al. filed.
Brief amici curiae of 46 South Carolina Legislators filed.
Brief amici curiae of Family Policy Alliance, et al. filed.
Brief amici curiae of America's Future, et al. filed.
Brief amici curiae of 138 Women Hurt by Planned Parenthood Abortions, et al. filed.
Brief amicus curiae of Governor Henry Dargan McMaster filed.
Brief amicus curiae of Eagle Forum Education & Legal Defense Fund filed.
Brief amicus curiae of Southeastern Legal Foundation filed.
Brief amici curiae of Kansas, et al. filed.
Brief amicus curiae of Heartbeat International, Inc. filed. (Distributed)
Brief amici curiae of World Faith Foundation, et al. filed.
Brief amicus curiae of Life Legal Defense Foundation filed.
Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed)
Brief of petitioner Eunice Medina, Interim Director, South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services filed.
Letter from counsel for petitioner notifying Clerk of substitution of petitioner filed.
Petition GRANTED limited to Question 1 presented by the petition.
Reply of petitioner Robert M. Kerr filed. (Distributed)
Brief of respondents Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, et al. in opposition filed.
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including September 4, 2024.
Motion to extend the time to file a response from August 5, 2024 to September 4, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
Brief amici curiae of United States Senators and Representatives filed.
Brief amici curiae of Kansas, et al. filed.
Brief amici curiae of 137 Women Hurt by Planned Parenthood Abortions & And Then There Were None filed.
Amicus brief of 137 Women Hurt by Planned Parenthood Abortions & And Then There Were None not accepted for filing.(Corrected verison to be submitted) (July 09, 2024)
Brief amicus curiae of American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists filed.
Brief amicus curiae of American Center for Law and Justice filed.
Brief amici curiae of Life Legal Defense Foundation and ProLife Center at the University of St. Thomas filed.
Brief amicus curiae of Heartbeat International, Inc. filed.
Brief amici curiae of Family Policy Alliance and State Family Policy Councils filed.
Brief amici curiae of 108 South Carolina Legislators filed.
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including August 5, 2024.
Motion to extend the time to file a response from July 5, 2024 to August 5, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 5, 2024)
Eunice Medina, Director, South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Petitioner, represented by John J. Bursch
Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, et al., Respondent, represented by Nicole A. Saharsky
108 South Carolina Legislators, Amicus Curiae, represented by Tim Newton
137 Women Hurt by Planned Parenthood Abortions & And Then There Were None, Amicus Curiae, represented by Allan E. Parker Jr.
138 Women Hurt By Planned Parenthood Abortions And The Non-Profit Organization "And Then There Were None" as Amici Curiae In Support of Petitioners, Amicus Curiae, represented by Allan E. Parker Jr.
238 Members of Congress, Amicus Curiae, represented by Christopher E. Babbitt
311 State Legislators, Amicus Curiae, represented by Kristine Lee Brown
46 South Carolina Legislators, Amicus Curiae, represented by Tim Newton
7 South Carolina Policy Experts, Advocates, and Providers, Amicus Curiae, represented by Jessica Lynn Ellsworth
American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Amicus Curiae, represented by Christopher E. Mills
American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Charlotte Lozier Institute, and Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, Amicus Curiae, represented by Christopher E. Mills
American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Thomas W. Curvin
American Center for Law and Justice, Amicus Curiae, represented by Jay Alan Sekulow
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Janice Marie Mac Avoy
AMERICAN PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION, ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION, NETWORK FOR PUBLIC HEALTH LAW, COUNCIL OF CHAIRS OF OBSTRETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY, JACOBS INSTITUTE OF WOMEN’S HEALTH, AMERICAN MEDICAL WOMEN’S ASSOCIATION, AND 490 DEANS AND SCHOLARS, Amicus Curiae, represented by Thomas Richard Barker
Americans United for Life, Amicus Curiae, represented by Steven Henry Aden
America's Future, One Nation Under God Foundation, Restoring Liberty Action Committee, LONANG Institute, and Conservative Legal Defense and Education Fund, Amicus Curiae, represented by William Jeffrey Olson
Commonwealth of Massachusetts et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Gerard Justin Cedrone
Eagle Forum Education & Legal Defense Fund, Amicus Curiae, represented by Lawrence J. Joseph
Family Policy Alliance and State Family Policy Councils, Amicus Curiae, represented by Randall L. Wenger
FORMER SENIOR OFFICIALS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Amicus Curiae, represented by Skye Lynn Perryman
Governor Henry Dargan McMaster, Amicus Curiae, represented by William Grayson Lambert
Health Policy Scholars, Amicus Curiae, represented by Carolyn Frances Corwin
Heartbeat International, Inc., Amicus Curiae, represented by Adam Fuselier Mathews
Information Society Project at Yale Law School, Amicus Curiae, represented by Priscilla J. Smith
Liberty Counsel, Amicus Curiae, represented by Mathew D. Staver
Life Legal Defense Foundation and ProLife Center at the University of St. Thomas, Amicus Curiae, represented by Catherine Wynne Short
Local Governments and Local Government Officials, Amicus Curiae, represented by Jonathan B. Miller
Medicaid Beneficiaries C.M., E.K., J.V., J.A.M., N.S., and L. M.-S., Amicus Curiae, represented by Ian Heath Gershengorn
National Health Law Program and Twenty-Eight Other Nonprofit Orgs, Amicus Curiae, represented by Donald B. Verrilli Jr.
Organizations Advancing Reproductive Rights, Health, and Justice, Amicus Curiae, represented by Autumn Chandra Katz
Religious Organizations and Faith Leaders, Amicus Curiae, represented by Jaime Ann Santos
South Carolina Medicaid Practitioners, Amicus Curiae, represented by Thomas M. Fisher
Southeastern Legal Foundation, Amicus Curiae, represented by Braden Heath Boucek
State of Kansas, Amicus Curiae, represented by Anthony John Powell
United States, Amicus Curiae, represented by D. John Sauer
United States Senators and Representatives, Amicus Curiae, represented by Thomas Ryan McCarthy
Women's Bar Association of the District of Columbia, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Heather L Richardson Kuljurgis
World Faith Foundation and NC Values Institute, Amicus Curiae, represented by James L. Hirsen