in 1988 , other us courts reached the following decisions with respect to the licensing of abortion clinics : 1 ) a building inspector had violated the right of privacy of women to obtain abortions by classing an outpatient abortion clinic as a hospital , thereby forcing it to obtain a special-use permit to operate in the zone where it was to be sited ( p.l.s . partners , women 's medical center of rhode island , inc. vs. city of cranston , us district court , d. rhode island , 28 june 1988 [ 696 f.supp . 788 ] ) and 2 ) a physician who is prevented from operating an abortion clinic by unconstitutional zoning ordinances can bring a personal civil rights action under federal law for monetary damages , and those who enacted the ordinances are not absolutely immune from liability if the purpose of the ordinances was to single out an individual and treat that individual differently from others ( haskell vs. washington township , united states court of appeals , sixth circuit , 20 december 1988 [ 864 f.2d 1266 ] ) .
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rhode island
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united states