PLANNED PARENTHOOD V. CASEY

▲ Pennsylvania passed the abortion control act in 1982
▽ required women to get informed consent and a 24 hour waiting period before the abortion
▲also required minors to get consent from parents or court
▽wife also has to inform husband of abortion
▲clinics had to report themselves to the state
▽planned parenthood of SE Pennsylvania filed a lawsuit, saying it violated roe v wade ruling

☆A 1992 courtcase that changed regulations on abortion
★One of strict scrutiny to one of undue burden
☆More regulation

WHAT THE COURT UPHELD

• 24-hour waiting period
• Parental/judicial consent for minors
• Requirement for doctors to give women info
• On risks of operation
• Woman's right to an abortion

The court did strike down the requirement for a women to tell her husband about the intent to have an abortion

THE COURT ALSO REITERATED:

• States cant ban abortions before viability point
• States cant ban abortions that help preserve mothers life or health
• State could pass regulations during the first trimester
• But only to protect the mothers health