Poelker v. Doe (No. 75-442) ___
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SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

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432 U.S. 519

Poelker v. Doe

CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEAL FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

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No. 75-442 Argued: January 11, 1977 --- Decided: June 20, 1977

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The city of St. Louis, in electing, as a policy choice, to provide publicly financed hospital services for childbirth but not for nontherapeutic abortions, held not to violate any constitutional rights. Maher v. Roe, ante p. 464.

515 F.2d 541, reversed and remanded.