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· 9/15/2023

State of West Virginia v. Matthew S. Dixon

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  • holding that doctors in abortion clinics had standing to challenge a city ordinance that impinged on a woman’s right to an abortion
  • holding that physicians have standing to contest a statute excluding certain abortions from medicaid benefits
  • holding that doctors had standing to challenge--on behalf of women patients in general--a Missouri law banning Medicaid reimbursement for abortions that were not medically required
  • holding that “[i]t is the general rule ... that a federal appellate court does not consider an issue hot passed upon below”
  • ruling that respondent-physicians suffered concrete injury from an antiabortion statute that denied physicians Medicaid reimbursement for abortions not “medically indicated”
  • holding that terms of offer were still effective even though offeror had signed acceptance form

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