Planned+Parenthood+v+Casey


 * __Planned Parenthood V. Casey__**
 * Argued: April 22, 1992 **
 * Decided: June 29, 1992 **

//**A Case Involving**//: __The__ __ rights to an abortion without the need for an informal consent, a 24 hour waiting period prior to the abortion, and a parent/father consent based on the age of the woman.__

__ Pennsylvanian had amended its abortion control laws in 1998 & 1989 which required a woman wanting an abortion must give informal concent, a 24 hour waiting period, father/parent consent based on the age of the woman. __
 * //Background:// **

__ Could a state require a woman who wanted an abortion to obtain parental/spousal concent 24 hours before the procedure. __
 * //Main Issue Presented to the Court:// **

//**Cases before Court**//: __ Planned parenthood was challenged by five abortion clinics and a set of physicians who were against planned parenthood. __


 * //Decision:// **__ 5 votes for Planned Parenthood, 4 votes against. __

(  Harry A. Blackmun  ,  Anthony M. Kennedy    ,  Sandra Day O'Connor    ,  David H. Souter    ,  John Paul Stevens)
 * //Majority reasons://**

The court held the constitutional right to have an abortion but with a lower set of standards for analyzing restrictions by imposing a new standard to determine the validity of laws restricting abortion.Judge O'Connor, Kennedy and Souter wrote their opinion and under the writing they set a new standard that struck down the husband notification requirement but kept the states 24 hour waiting period, informed consent, and parental consent.

//**Dissents reasons:**// ( William H. Rehnqui st, Antonin Scalia , Clarence Thomas , Byron R. White)  Rehnquist & Scalia against the decision to uphold the original Roe V. Wade also the strike down of the spousal notification requirement. Thomas & White did not write any opinions.

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