Planned Parenthood of Central Missouri v. Danforth

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Planned Parenthood v. Danforth
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued March 23, 1976 Decided July 1, 1976
Full case name: Planned Parenthood of Central Missouri, et al. v. John C. Danforth, et al. Citations: 428 U.S. 52
Holding
Court membership
Chief Justice: Warren E. Burger Associate Justices: William J. Brennan, Jr., Potter Stewart, Byron White, Thurgood Marshall, Harry Blackmun, Lewis F. Powell, Jr., William Rehnquist, John Paul Stevens
Case opinions
Plurality by: Blackmun Joined by: Brennan, Stewart, Marshall, Powell Concurrence by: Stewart Joined by: Powell Concurrence/dissent by: White Joined by: Burger, Rehnquist Concurrence/dissent by: 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.

Contents 1 Background of the case 1.1 The District Court's ruling 1.2 The Supreme Court's consideration 2 The Court's opinions 2.1 The plurality opinion 2.2 The concurrence/dissents 3 Footnotes 4 See also 5 External links

[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.

[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)

[edit] External links

• FindLaw: PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF MISSOURI v. DANFORTH, 428 U.S. 52 (1976)
• Planned Parenthood of Missouri v. Danforth, 428 U.S. 52 (1976) (full text with links to cited material)

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