▁their ▁own ▁power . ▁It ▁as ser ts ▁that ▁jud ges ▁should ▁hes itate ▁to ▁strike ▁down ▁laws ▁unless ▁they ▁are ▁obviously ▁un const itution al , ▁though ▁what ▁counts ▁as ▁obviously ▁un const itution al ▁is ▁itself ▁a ▁matter ▁of ▁some ▁debate . ▁Jud icial ▁rest raint ▁is ▁sometimes ▁regarded ▁as ▁the ▁opposite ▁of ▁jud icial ▁activ ism . ▁In ▁dec iding ▁questions ▁of ▁constitution al ▁law , ▁jud icial ly ▁rest rained ▁jur ists ▁go ▁to ▁great ▁lengths ▁to ▁de fer ▁to ▁the ▁legisl ature . ▁Jud icial ly ▁rest rained ▁jud ges ▁respect ▁st are ▁dec isis , ▁the ▁principle ▁of ▁u ph old ing ▁established ▁preced ent ▁handed ▁down ▁by ▁past ▁jud ges . ▁ ▁Liberal ▁rest raint ▁was ▁shown ▁in ▁Wh ole ▁Woman ' s ▁Health ▁v ▁H eller sted t ▁in ▁which ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 3 ▁decision ▁of ▁Ro e ▁v ▁W ade ▁was ▁u ph eld ▁in ▁favour ▁of ▁a ▁woman ' s ▁right ▁to ▁abort ion . ▁C ases ▁on ▁abort ion ▁have ▁been ▁heard ▁since ▁then , ▁and ▁while ▁some ▁have ▁placed ▁limitations ▁on ▁it , ▁or ▁allowed ▁individual ▁states ▁to ▁decide ▁on ▁those ▁limitations , ▁the ▁unw illing ness ▁of ▁the ▁Court ▁to ▁over turn ▁this ▁decision ▁remains . ▁▁ ▁Conserv ative ▁rest raint ▁was ▁shown ▁in ▁G loss ip ▁v ▁G ross ▁in ▁which ▁support ▁was ▁built ▁in ▁favour ▁of ▁the ▁continued ▁use ▁of ▁le th al ▁injection . ▁The ▁case ▁suggested ▁that ▁prisoners ▁could ▁only ▁challenge ▁the ▁method ▁of