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No. 88-605. Argued April 26, 1989 -- Decided July 3, 1989
| Appellants | William L. Webster, Attorney General of Missouri |
| Michael L. Boicourt and Jerry L. Short, Assistant Attorneys General. | |
| Appellees | Frank Susman |
| Roger K. Evans, Dara Klassel, Barbara E. Otten, Thomas M. Blumenthal, and Janet Benshoof. | |
| United States arguing for reversal | Charles Fried |
| Acting Solicitor General Bryson, Assistant Attorney General Bolton, Deputy Solicitor General Merrill, Roger Clegg, Steven R. Valentine, and Michael K. Kellogg. |
| For reversal | |
|---|---|
| Alabama Lawyers for Unborn Children, Inc. | John J. Coleman III and Thomas E. Maxwell |
| American Association of Prolife Obstetricians and Gynecologists et al. | Dolores Horan and Paige Comstock Cunningham |
| American Family Association, Inc. | Peggy M. Coleman |
| American Life League, Inc | Marion Edwyn Harrison and John S. Baker, Jr. |
| Catholic Health Association of the United States | J. Roger Edgar, David M. Harris, Kathleen M. Boozang, J. Stuart Showalter, and Peter E. Campbell |
| Catholic Lawyers Guild of the Archdiocese of Boston, Inc. | Calum B. Anderson and Leonard F. Zandrow, Jr. |
| Center for Judicial Studies et al. | Jules B. Gerard |
| Covenant House et al. | Gregory A. Loken |
| Focus On The Family et al. | H. Robert Showers |
| Holy Orthodox Church | James George Jatras |
| Knights of Columbus | Robert J. Cynkar and Brendan V. Sullivan, Jr. |
| Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod et al. | Philip E. Draheim |
| Missouri Catholic Conference | David M. Harris, J. Roger Edgar, Bernard C. Huger, Kathleen M. Boozang, and Louis C. DeFeo, Jr. |
| National Legal Foundation | Douglas W. Davis and Robert K. Skolrood |
| Right to Life Advocates, Inc. | Richard W. Schmude and Rory R. Olsen |
| Rutherford Institute et al. | James J. Knicely, John W. Whitehead, Thomas W. Strahan, David E. Morris, William B. Hollberg, Amy Dougherty, Randall A. Pentiuk, William Bonner, Larry L. Crain, and W. Charles Bundren |
| Southern Center for Law and Ethics | Albert L. Jordan |
| Southwest Life and Law Center, Inc. | David Burnell Smith |
| United States Catholic Conference | Mark E. Chopko and Phillip H. Harris |
| 127 Members of the Missouri General Assembly | Timothy Belz, Lynn D. Wardle, and Richard G. Wilkins |
| James Joseph Lynch, Jr. | Mr. Lynch, pro se. |
| For affirmance | |
| American Civil Liberties Union et al. | Burt Neuborne, Janet Benshoof, Rachael N. Pine, and Lynn M. Paltrow |
| American Jewish Congress et al. | Martha L. Minow |
| American Library Association et al. | Bruce J. Ennis and Mark D. Schneider |
| American Medical Association et al. | Jack R. Bierig, Carter G. Phillips, Elizabeth H. Esty, Stephan E. Lawton, Ann E. Allen, Laurie R. Rockett, and Joel I. Klein |
| American Psychological Association | Donald N. Bersoff |
| American Public Health Association et al. | John H. Hall and Nadine Taub |
| Americans for Democratic Action et al. | Marsha S. Berzon |
| Americans United for Separation of Church and State | Lee Boothby, Robert W. Nixon, and Robert J. Lipshutz |
| Association of Reproductive Health Professionals et al. | Colleen K. Connell and Dorothy B. Zimbrakos |
| Bioethicists for Privacy | George J. Annas |
| Catholics for a Free Choice et al. | Patricia Hennessey |
| Center for Population Options et al. | John H. Henn and Thomas Asher |
| Committee on Civil Rights of the Bar of the City of New York et al. | Jonathan Lang, Diane S. Wilner, Arthur S. Leonard, Audrey S. Feinberg, and Janice Goodman |
| 22 International Women's Health Organizations | Kathryn Kolbert |
| American Nurses' Association et al. | E. Calvin Golumbic |
| National Coalition Against Domestic Violence | David A. Strauss |
| National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association | James L. Feldesman, Jeffrey K. Stith, and Thomas E. Zemaitis |
| National Association of Public Hospitals | Alan K. Parver and Phyllis E. Bernard |
| Population-Environment Balance et al. | Dina R. Lassow |
| 281 American Historians | Sylvia A. Law |
| 2,887 Women Who Have Had Abortions et al. | Sarah E. Burns. |
| Other | |
| State of California et al. | Robert Abrams, Attorney General of New York, O. Peter Sherwood, Solicitor General, and Suzanne M. Lynn and Marla Tepper, Assistant Attorneys General, James M. Shannon, Attorney General of Massachusetts, and Suzanne E. Durrell and Madelyn F. Wessel, Assistant Attorneys General, Elizabeth Holtzman, pro se, Barbara D. Underwood, John K. Van de Kamp, Attorney General of California, Duane Woodard, Attorney General of Colorado, Jim Mattox, Attorney General of Texas, and Jeffrey L. Amestoy, Attorney General of Vermont |
| State of Louisiana et al. | William J. Guste, Jr., Attorney General of Louisiana, Jo Ann P. Levert, Assistant Attorney General, and Thomas A. Rayer, Robert K. Corbin, Attorney General of Arizona, Jim Jones, Attorney General of Idaho, and Ernest D. Preate, Jr., Attorney General of Pennsylvania |
| Agudath Israel of America | Steven D. Prager |
| American Academy of Medical Ethics | James Bopp, Jr. |
| California National Organization for Women et al. | Kathryn A. Sure |
| American Collegians for Life, Inc., et al. | Robert A. Destro |
| Canadian Abortion Rights Action League et al. | Estelle Rogers |
| Association for Public Justice et al. | Joseph W. Dellapenna |
| Birthright, Inc. | Joseph I. McCullough, Jr. |
| Catholics United for Life et al. | Walter M. Weber, Michael J. Woodruff, Charles E. Rice, and Michael J. Laird |
| Christian Advocates Serving Evangelism | Theodore H. Amshoff, Jr. |
| Doctors for Life et al. | Andrew F. Puzder and Kenneth C. Jones |
| Feminists For Life of America et al. | Christine Smith Torre |
| Free Speech Advocates | Thomas Patrick Monaghan |
| Human Life International | Robert L. Sassone |
| International Right to Life Federation | John J. Potts |
| National Association of Women Lawyers et al. | Nicholas DeB. Katzenbach, Leona Beane, and Estelle H. Rogers |
| National Council of Negro Women, Inc., et al. | Rhonda Copelon |
| National Organization for Women | John S. L. Katz |
| National Right to Life Committee, Inc. | James Bopp, Jr. |
| New England Christian Action Council, Inc. | Philip D. Moran |
| Right to Life League of Southern California, Inc. | Robert L. Sassone |
| 77 Organizations Committed to Women's Equality | Judith L. Lichtman, Donna R. Lenhoff, Marcia Greenberger, Stephanie Ridder, and Wendy Webster Williams |
| Certain Members of the Congress of the United States | Burke Marshall and Norman Redlich |
| Congressman Christopher H. Smith et al. | Albert P. Blaustein, Edward R. Grant, and Ann-Louise Lohr |
| 608 State Legislators | Herma Hill Kay, James J. Brosnahan, and Jack W. Londen |
| Certain Members of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania | William Bentley Ball, Philip J. Murren, and Maura K. Quinlan |
| Certain American State Legislators | Paul Benjamin Linton and Clarke D. Forsythe |
| A Group of American Law Professors | Norman Redlich |
| 167 Distinguished Scientists and Physicians | Jay Kelly Wright |
| Edward Allen | Robert L. Sassone |
| Larry Joyce | Thomas P. Joyce |
| Paul Marx | Robert L. Sassone |
| Bernard N. Nathanson | Mr. Sassone |
| Austin Vaughn et al. | Mr. Sassone. |
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