COURT AND LEGISLATIVE FILES,, 1982-2000

Summary: Material relating to the judicial decisions and the creation of legislation on both the state and national level. Areas of emphasis include intact dilation and extraction abortion legislation, sexuality education, parental consent legislation, and hospital mergers. Document types include correspondence with legislators, amicus curiae briefs, articles in mainstream publications, and information pertaining to particular legislatures and congresses. The bulk of the series dates from the 1990s. The folder "Court Cases: Elizabeth Hospital Merger" contains legal documentation on the civil action brought by the ACLU-NJ, NJRCRC, et al. to halt the merger of the Elizabeth General Medical Center and St. Elizabeth Hospital.