Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pa. v. Casey
- Decided
- June 29, 1992
- Docket
- 91-744
- Status
- Published
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
Cited 2,492 timesOverruled (verified)Overruled by Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, 597 U.S. 215 (2022) (verified: Constitution Annotated, Library of Congress) · Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization
What later courts said
- recognizing that the right to obtain an abortion is a fundamental right, but rejecting application of strict scrutiny — Planned Parenthood of Middle Tennessee v. Sundquist (2000)
- holding that pre-viability abortion regulations are unconstitutional if they impose an “undue burden” on a women’s right to terminate her pregnancy — Nordyke v. King (2011)
- holding that Pennsylvania law requiring spousal notification prior to abortion imposes an undue burden on the right to have an abortion — (untitled) (2000)
Each line is a later court’s own words about this case, not a summary. Read the opinion before relying on it.
How the opinion begins
[*843] Justice O’Connor, Justice Kennedy, and Justice Sou-ter announced the judgment of the Court and delivered the opinion of the Court with respect to Parts I, II, III, V-A, [*844] V-C, and VI, an opinion with respect to Part V-E, in which Justice Stevens joins, and an opinion with respect to Parts IV, V-B, and V-D.
I
Liberty finds no refuge in a jurisprudence of doubt. Yet 19 years after our holding that the Constitution protects a woman’s right to terminate her pregnancy in its early stages, Roe v. Wade, 410 U. S. 113 (1973), that definition of liberty is still questioned. Joining the respondents as amicus curiae, the United States, as it has done in five other cases in the last decade, again asks us to overrule Roe. See Brief for Respondents 104-117; Brief for United States as Amicus Curiae 8.
Cite this
Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pa. v. Casey, 505 U.S. 833 (1992)Read the full opinion
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