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Sunday, September 1, 1991
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Sunday, September 1, 1991
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1991
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In Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey the U.S. Supreme Court up holds these restrictions:
- A woman may be asked to wait 24 hours between consenting to and receiving an abortion.
- A woman may be given state-mandated information about abortion and offered state-authored materials on fetal development.
- Minors' abortions may be conditioned upon the consent, provided in person at the clinic, of one parent or guardian, or upon a judicial waiver.
- Physicians and clinics that perform abortions are required to provide to the state annual statistical reports on abortions performed during the year, including the names of referring physicians.
In reaching its decision, the court reaffirmed the validity of a woman's right to choose abortion under Roe v. Wade, but revoked its longstanding definition of that right as "fundamental." Instead, the court constructed a new standard of review that allows restrictions on abortion prior to fetal viability so long as they do not constitute an "undue burden" to the woman.
- A woman may be asked to wait 24 hours between consenting to and receiving an abortion.
- A woman may be given state-mandated information about abortion and offered state-authored materials on fetal development.
- Minors' abortions may be conditioned upon the consent, provided in person at the clinic, of one parent or guardian, or upon a judicial waiver.
- Physicians and clinics that perform abortions are required to provide to the state annual statistical reports on abortions performed during the year, including the names of referring physicians.
In reaching its decision, the court reaffirmed the validity of a woman's right to choose abortion under Roe v. Wade, but revoked its longstanding definition of that right as "fundamental." Instead, the court constructed a new standard of review that allows restrictions on abortion prior to fetal viability so long as they do not constitute an "undue burden" to the woman.