UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

MELISSA KAY COOK, Individually; No. 16-55968 MELISSA KAY COOK, as Guardian Ad Litem of Baby A, Baby B, and Baby D.C. No. C, 2:16-cv-00742- Plaintiffs-Appellants, ODW-AFM

v. OPINION CYNTHIA ANNE HARDING, M.P.H., Director of the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, in her official capacity; JEFFERY D. GUNZENHAUSER, M.D., M.H.P., Health Officer and Medical Director for the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health; DEAN C. LOGAN, Registrar- Recorder/County Clerk for Los Angeles County in his official capacity; EDMUND G. BROWN, JR., Governor of the State of California; KAREN SMITH, M.D., M.P.H., Director and State Public Health Officer for the California Department of Public Health; C. M., an adult male believed to be the genetic father of Baby A, Baby B and Baby C; KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL; PANORAMA CITY 2 COOK V. HARDING

MEDICAL CENTER; PAYMAN ROSHAN, Senior Vice President and Patient Administrator of Panorama City Medical Center; XAVIER BECERRA,