Northwestern Memorial Hospital v. John Ashcroft, Attorney General of the United States

U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit · Decided 2004-03-26

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POSNER, Circuit Judge! The government appeals from an order by the district court quashing a subpoena commanding Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago to produce the medical records of certain patients on whom Dr. Cassing Hammond had performed late-term abortions at the hospital using the controversial method known variously as “D X” (dilation and extraction) and “intact D E” (dilation and evacuation).…

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