Texas, Alabama, Arkansas, et al., Amici Curiae
Scott A. Keller, Counsel of Record
Texas, Alabama, and Arkansas are joined in this brief by 18 other States, as well as Maine Governor Paul R. LePage. Scott A. Keller has served as solicitor general for the State of Texas since January 2015. The following is excerpted from the Amicus Curiae Brief for Petitioners as submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court on January 16, 2018. The Ninth Circuit erred by equating California’s law with other State laws requiring doctors to obtain informed consent from a patient before performing an abortion procedure. Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey (1992) did not uphold all laws connected to…