No. 23A244
John Doe v. Bill Crouch, in His Official Capacity as Cabinet Secretary of West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources, et al.
Tags: birth-certificates equal-protection fourteenth-amendment gestational-surrogacy parental-rights sex-discrimination
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Question Presented (from Petition)
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Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether a state statute that presumes maternity based solely on gestation and refuses to recognize biological mothers as legal mothers when children are born via gestational surrogacy violates the Fourteenth Amendment's Equal Protection Clause and constitutes impermissible sex-based discrimination
Docket Entries
2023-09-14
Application (23A244) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until January 25, 2024.
2023-09-06
Application (23A244) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from November 26, 2023 to January 25, 2024, submitted to The Chief Justice.
Attorneys
John Doe
John Doe — Petitioner