Planned Parenthood of Central Missouri v. Danforth
| Planned Parenthood v. Danforth | ||||||
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 Supreme Court of the United States |
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| Argued March 23, 1976 Decided July 1, 1976 |
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| Full case name | Planned Parenthood of Central Missouri, et al. v. John C. Danforth, et al. | |||||
| Citations | 428 U.S. 52 (more) | |||||
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| Case opinions | ||||||
| Plurality | Blackmun, joined by Brennan, Stewart, Marshall, Powell | |||||
| Concurrence | Stewart, joined by Powell | |||||
| Concur/dissent | White, joined by Burger, Rehnquist | |||||
| Concur/dissent | Stevens | |||||
Planned Parenthood v. Danforth, 428 U.S. 52 (1976) was a case decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in which the constitutionality of several Missouri state regulations regarding abortion 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.
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[edit] Background of the case
[edit] The District Court's ruling
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri
[edit] The Supreme Court's consideration
[edit] The Court's opinions
[edit] 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.
In addressing the issue of spousal consent, the Court upheld the lower court's decision that just as the state could not regulate or proscribe abortion during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy nor could the state "delegate to a spouse veto power."
[edit] The concurrence/dissents
[edit] Footnotes
[edit] See also
- List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 428
- Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973)
- Griswold v. Connecticut, 381 U.S. 479 (1965)
- Doe v. Bolton, 410 U.S. 179 (1973)
- Webster v. Reproductive Health Services, 492 U.S. 490 (1989)
- Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey, 505 U.S. 833 (1992)
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