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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE

MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA, NORTHERN DIVISION

WEST ALABAMA WOMEN’S 

CENTER, et al., on behalf 

of themselves and their 

patients,

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 Plaintiffs, )

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) CIVIL ACTION NO.

 v. ) 2:15cv497-MHT

) (WO)

DR. THOMAS M. MILLER, in 

his official capacity as 

State Health Officer, 

et al.,

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 Defendants. )

PRELIMINARY-INJUNCTION ORDER

In accordance with the opinion entered today, it is 

ORDERED as follows:

(1) The motion for a preliminary injunction (doc. 

no. 53), filed by the plaintiffs, West Alabama 

Women’s Center, Willie J. Parker, M.D., Alabama 

Women’s Center, and Yashica Robinson White, 

M.D., is granted.

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(2) The defendants, the Alabama State Health 

Officer, the Alabama Attorney General, and the 

district attorneys for Tuscaloosa and Madison 

Counties, and all those acting in concert with 

them, are each preliminarily ENJOINED and 

RESTRAINED from enforcing the State of 

Alabama’s school-proximity law, 1975 Ala. Code 

§ 22-21-35, and fetal-demise law, 1975 Ala. 

Code § 26-23G-1 et seq., until further order of 

the court. This injunction does not extend to 

the private civil-enforcement provisions of the 

fetal-demise law.

(3) The bond requirement of Fed. R. Civ. P. 65(c) 

is waived.

DONE, this the 27th day of October, 2016.

 /s/ Myron H. Thompson 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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