BRIEF AMICI CURIAE OF JEROME LEJEUNE FOUNDATION USA, SAVING DOWNS, AND THE INTERNATIONAL DOWN SYNDROME COALITION IN SUPPORT OF PETITIONERS
The principal impact of Arizona’s statute is to curtail the practice of aborting children identified as having a disability. The United States Constitution does not protect such abortions, which raise wrenching ethical questions that are best left for resolution through the democratic process. In Arizona, the democratic process has yielded a law that promotes the state’s legitimate interests in, among other things, (1) disfavoring abortion of children with disabilities, (2) drawing a clear boundary against postnatal infanticide of children with disabilities, and (3) preserving the ethics and integrity of the medical profession.
From the Amici Curiae Brief to US Supreme Court