No. 22-201

Jane Doe, as Parent and Next Friend of Baby Mary Doe, et al. v. Daniel McKee, Governor of Rhode Island, et al.

Lower Court: Rhode Island
Docketed: 2022-09-06
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: abortion constitutional-rights constitutional-standing dobbs-precedent dobbs-v-jackson due-process equal-protection history-and-tradition prenatal-life standing unborn-rights
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2022-10-07
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Whether, in light of Dobbs v. Jackson Women's
Health Organization, 597 U.S. __ (2022), the
Rhode Island Supreme Court erred in holding that
the unborn Petitioners, regardless of gestational
age, are not entitled to the protections and guarantees of the due process and equal protection
clauses of the United States Constitution?

2. Whether, in light of Dobbs v. Jackson Women's
Health Organization, 597 U.S. __ (2022), the
Rhode Island Supreme Court erred in holding that
the unborn Petitioners, regardless of gestational
age, categorically lacked standing to advance their
claims?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether unborn have due-process and equal-protection rights

Docket Entries

2022-10-11
Petition DENIED.
2022-09-14
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/7/2022.
2022-09-06
Waiver of right of respondents Daniel McKee, et al. to respond filed.
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2022-09-01
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 6, 2022)
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Attorneys

Daniel McKee, et al.
Michael W. Field — Department of Attorney General, Respondent
Jane Doe, et al.
Diane Messere Magee — Law Offices of Diane Messere Magee, Inc., Petitioner