Title: These Are The Most Significant Supreme Court Cases About Abortion To Date | by Weird History | Medium
Headings: These Are The Most Significant Supreme Court Cases About Abortion To Date
These Are The Most Significant Supreme Court Cases About Abortion To Date
It’s an extremely polarizing issue that’s received a litany of Supreme Court rulings; this is the condensed version of that history
Roe v. Wade, 1973
Planned Parenthood of Central Missouri v. Danforth, 1976
Harris v. McRae, 1980
City of Akron v. Akron Center for Reproductive Health, 1983
Webster v. Reproductive Health Services, 1989
Hodgson v. Minnesota, 1990
Planned Parenthood v. Casey, 1992
Stenberg v. Carhart, 2000
Gonzalez v. Carhart, 2007
Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt, 2016

Content: Regardless of the victor or the day, this timeline is a journey through landmark rulings on the divisive issue. Roe v. Wade, 1973
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What it did: Struck down a Texas law that prohibited abortion except to save a woman’s life and affirmed a woman’s constitutional right to decide whether to continue a pregnancy. How people reacted: TIME magazine called the decision “bold and uncompromising.” Feminist organizations were pleased with the outcome, but pro-life activists protested and began lobbying for a constitutional amendment that would outlaw abortion. Their efforts did not succeed. Roe v. Wade was the landmark 1973 decision that declared abortion a “fundamental right.” It rendered unconstitutional all state laws that prohibited women from getting abortions except in rare cases.