No. 15-274 ================================================================ In The Supreme Court of the United States --------------------------------- --------------------------------- WHOLE WOMAN’S HEALTH; AUSTIN WOMEN’S HEALTH CENTER; KILLEEN WOMEN’S HEALTH CENTER; NOVA HEALTH SYSTEMS D/B/A REPRODUCTIVE SERVICES; SHERWOOD C. LYNN, JR., M.D.; PAMELA J. RICHTER, D.O.; AND LENDOL L. DAVIS, M.D., ON BEHALF OF THEMSELVES AND THEIR PATIENTS, PETITIONERS v. KIRK COLE, M.D., COMMISSIONER OF THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES; MARI ROBINSON, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE TEXAS MEDICAL BOARD, IN THEIR OFFICIAL CAPACITIES --------------------------------- --------------------------------- ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT --------------------------------- --------------------------------- BRIEF FOR PETITIONERS --------------------------------- --------------------------------- J. ALEXANDER LAWRENCE STEPHANIE TOTI MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP Counsel of Record 250 W. 55th Street DAVID BROWN New York, NY 10019 JANET CREPPS MARC A. HEARRON JULIE RIKELMAN MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP CENTER FOR 2000 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS Washington, DC 20006 199 Water Street, 22nd Floor JAN SOIFER New York, NY 10038 PATRICK J. O’CONNELL (917) 637-3684 O’CONNELL & SOIFER LLP
[email protected] 98 San Jacinto Blvd., Suite 540 Austin, TX 78701 LEAH M. LITMAN 1563 Massachusetts Avenue Counsel for Petitioners Cambridge, MA 02138 ================================================================ COCKLE LEGAL BRIEFS (800) 225-6964 WWW.COCKLELEGALBRIEFS.COM QUESTIONS PRESENTED I. In Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsyl- vania v. Casey, this Court reaffirmed that the deci- sion to end a pregnancy prior to viability is a fundamental liberty protected by the Due Process Clause. 505 U.S. 833, 845-46 (1992) (opinion of the Court). It held that a restriction on this liberty is impermissible if it amounts to an undue burden.