Case: 17-50154
Document: 00514070727
Page: 1
Date Filed: 07/12/2017
17-50154
d IN THE
United States Court of Appeals FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
WHOLE WOMAN’S HEALTH; BROOKSIDE WOMEN’S MEDICAL CENTER, P.A., doing business as Brookside Women’s Health Center and Austin Women’s Health Center; LENDOL L. DAVIS, M.D.; ALAMO CITY SURGERY CENTER, P.L.L.C., doing business as Alamo Women’s Reproductive Services; N OVA H EALTH SYSTEMS, INCORPORATED, doing business as Reproductive Services, Plaintiffs-Appellees, —v.— DOCTOR JOHN HELLERSTEDT, M.D., Defendant-Appellant. ON APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS, AUSTIN CASE NO. 1:16-CV-1300-SS
BRIEF OF AMICI CURIAE CATHOLICS FOR CHOICE, CENTRAL CONFERENCE OF AMERICAN RABBIS, GENERAL SYNOD OF THE UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST, JUST TEXAS: FAITH VOICES FOR REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE, METHODIST FEDERATION FOR SOCIAL ACTION, MUSLIMS FOR PROGRESSIVE VALUES, RELIGIOUS COALITION FOR REPRODUCTIVE CHOICE, RELIGIOUS INSTITUTE, UNION FOR REFORM JUDAISM, UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST ASSOCIATION, AND WOMEN OF REFORM JUDAISM IN SUPPORT OF PLAINTIFFS-APPELLEES
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