⚖️ Planned Parenthood v. Casey

Monday, June 29, 1992 All day

A woman is still able to have an abortion before viability, but several restrictions are now permitted during the first trimester. The strict trimester framework of Roe is discarded and replaced with the more flexible "undue burden test". (Overruled by Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization (2022)) Decided June 29, 1992 (argued April 22, 1992). Opinion of the Court: O'Connor, Kennedy, and Souter (Parts I, II, III, V-A, V-C, and VI) Overruled by Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization (2022) → go there Applied: the Fifth Amendment → go there Applied: the Fourteenth Amendment → go there Topic: Birth control and abortion. Planned Parenthood v. Casey, 505 U.S. 833 (1992), was a landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court in which the Court upheld the right to have an abortion as established by the "essential holding" of Roe v. Wade (1973) and issued as its "key judgment" the restoration of the undue burden standard when evaluating state-imposed restrictions on that right. Wiki link