Women's Medical Center of Northwest Houston v. Bell

How courts have described this case

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• noting that “without violating the Constitution, the State could have required all abortion providers to be licensed”
• listing elements required to obtain injunctive relief as including “a substantial threat that plaintiff will suffer irreparable injury”
• applying a heightened vagueness test to a licensing regulation for medical offices that provide abortions because penalties such as substantial fines and license revocation render the law quasi-criminal
• applying a heightened vagueness test to a licensing regulation for medical offices that provide abortions because penalties such as substantial fines and license revocation render the law quasi- criminal
• loss of facility license and civil penalties of up to $2,500 per day were “significant civil and administrative penalties ... which can be characterized as quasi-criminal”
• “Although the ultimate decision whether to grant or deny a preliminary injunction is reviewed only for abuse of discretion, a decision grounded in erroneous legal principles is reviewed de novo.”

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