Upload, Automoderated users, edit
78
edits
Changes
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Planned Parenthood v. Casey (view source)
Revision as of 02:57, September 18, 2007
, 02:57, September 18, 2007Supreme Court Planned Parenthood v. Casey case (for US Government)
[[Category:United States Supreme Court Cases]]
In ''Planned Parenthood v. Casey,'' 505 U.S. 833 (1992) the United States [[Supreme Court]] held (in accordance with its decision in [[Roe v. Wade]]) that States may regulate abortion, so long as it does not place “undue burden on a woman's constitutional right to decide to terminate a pregnancy.”<ref>[http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/91-744.ZS.html]</ref>
The Pennsylvania law that required a woman to obtain her husband’s consent before having an abortion was declared invalid under the [[Fourteenth Amendment]] because its creation of “undue burden” on married women who sought an abortion. However, the requirements for parental consent, [[informed consent]], and 24-hour waiting period were constitutionally valid and were kept in place.
In ''Planned Parenthood v. Casey,'' 505 U.S. 833 (1992) the United States [[Supreme Court]] held (in accordance with its decision in [[Roe v. Wade]]) that States may regulate abortion, so long as it does not place “undue burden on a woman's constitutional right to decide to terminate a pregnancy.”<ref>[http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/91-744.ZS.html]</ref>
The Pennsylvania law that required a woman to obtain her husband’s consent before having an abortion was declared invalid under the [[Fourteenth Amendment]] because its creation of “undue burden” on married women who sought an abortion. However, the requirements for parental consent, [[informed consent]], and 24-hour waiting period were constitutionally valid and were kept in place.