Planned Parenthood of Central Missouri v. Danforth
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Planned Parenthood v. Danforth, 428 U.S. 52
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 (1976) was a case decided by the Supreme Court of the United States
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 in which the constitutionality
Constitutionality
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 of several Missouri
Missouri
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 state
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 regulations regarding abortion
Abortion
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 was challenged. The Court's lead plurality opinion upheld the right to have an abortion, striking the state's requirements of parental consent for minors and spousal consent for married women.

The District Court's ruling

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri
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The plurality opinion

The court's plurality opinion struck down the provisions of the statute that required spousal and parental consent to obtain an abortion. The court upheld the statute's recordkeeping requirement for abortion facilities and physicians that perform abortions.

See also

  • List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 428
  • Roe v. Wade
    Roe v. Wade
    Roe v. Wade, , was a controversial landmark decision by the United States Supreme Court on the issue of abortion. The Court decided that a right to privacy under the due process clause in the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution extends to a woman's decision to have an abortion,...

    , 410 U.S. 113
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     (1973)
  • Griswold v. Connecticut
    Griswold v. Connecticut
    Griswold v. Connecticut, , was a landmark case in which the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that the Constitution protected a right to privacy. The case involved a Connecticut law that prohibited the use of contraceptives...

    , 381 U.S. 479
    Case citation
    Case citation is the system used in many countries to identify the decisions in past court cases, either in special series of books called reporters or law reports, or in a 'neutral' form which will identify a decision wherever it was reported...

     (1965)
  • Doe v. Bolton
    Doe v. Bolton
    Doe v. Bolton, 410 U.S. 179 , was a landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court overturning the abortion law of Georgia. The Supreme Court's decision was released on January 22, 1973, the same day as the decision in the better-known case of Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S...

    , 410 U.S. 179
    Case citation
    Case citation is the system used in many countries to identify the decisions in past court cases, either in special series of books called reporters or law reports, or in a 'neutral' form which will identify a decision wherever it was reported...

     (1973)
  • Webster v. Reproductive Health Services
    Webster v. Reproductive Health Services
    Webster v. Reproductive Health Services, 492 U.S. 490 , was a United States Supreme Court decision on July 3, 1989 upholding a Missouri law that imposed restrictions on the use of state funds, facilities, and employees in performing, assisting with, or counseling on abortions...

    , 492 U.S. 490
    Case citation
    Case citation is the system used in many countries to identify the decisions in past court cases, either in special series of books called reporters or law reports, or in a 'neutral' form which will identify a decision wherever it was reported...

     (1989)
  • Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey
    Planned Parenthood v. Casey
    Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey, 505 U.S. 833 was a case decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in which the constitutionality of several Pennsylvania state regulations regarding abortion were challenged...

    , 505 U.S. 833
    Case citation
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    (1992)

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