Simopoulos v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

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• holding that a defendant charged with a violation of Virginia’s abortion regulation must “invoke[ ]” the affirmative defense of medical necessity, but that the Commonwealth “has the burden of negating [the defense] beyond a reasonable doubt[]”
• holding that a defendant charged with a violation of Virginia’s abortion regulation must “invoke[]” the affirmative defense of medical necessity, but that the Commonwealth “has the burden of negating [the defense] beyond a reasonable doubt[]”

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