Planned Parenthood of Central Missouri v. Danforth

SCOTUSCase
Litigants=Planned Parenthood v. Danforth
ArgueDate=March 23
ArgueYear=1976
DecideDate=July 1
DecideYear=1976
FullName=Planned Parenthood of Central Missouri, et al. v. John C. Danforth, et al.
USVol=428
USPage=52
Citation=
Prior=
Subsequent=
Holding=
SCOTUS=1975-1981
Plurality=Blackmun
JoinPlurality=Brennan, Stewart, Marshall, Powell
Concurrence=Stewart
JoinConcurrence=Powell
Concurrence/Dissent=White
JoinConcurrence/Dissent=Burger, Rehnquist
Concurrence/Dissent2=Stevens
LawsApplied=

"Planned Parenthood v. Danforth", 428 U.S. 52 (1976) was a case decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in which the constitutionality of several Missouri state regulations regarding abortion was challenged. The Court's lead plurality opinion upheld the right to have an abortion, striking the state's requirements of parental consent for minors and spousal consent for married women.

Background of the case

The District Court's ruling

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri

The Supreme Court's consideration

The Court's opinions

The plurality opinion

The court's plurality opinion struck down the provisions of the statute that required spousal and parental consent to obtain an abortion. The court upheld the statute's recordkeeping requirement for abortion facilities and physicians that perform abortions.

The concurrence/dissents

Footnotes

ee also

* List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 428
* "Roe v. Wade", 410 U.S. 113 (1973)
* "Griswold v. Connecticut", 381 U.S. 479 (1965)
* "Doe v. Bolton", 410 U.S. 179 (1973)
* "Webster v. Reproductive Health Services", 492 U.S. 490 (1989)
* "Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey", 505 U.S. 833 (1992)

External links

* [http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=us&vol=428&invol=52 FindLaw: PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF MISSOURI v. DANFORTH, 428 U.S. 52 (1976)]
* [http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/search/display.html?terms=danforth&url=/supct/html/historics/USSC_CR_0428_0052_ZS.html Planned Parenthood of Missouri v. Danforth, 428 U.S. 52 (1976)] (full text with links to cited material)