1. Pro-Choice and Pro-Life Legalities
... analyzing restrictions of that right, invalidating one regulation but upholding the other four" ("Planned Parenthood v. Casey, " para. 1). The Pennsylvania Abortion Control Act of 1982, authored by Rep. Stephen F. Friend was challenged as unconstitutional via Roe v. Wade, which recognizes the constitutional right and liberty to have ... Obstetricians and Gynecologists, 476 U.S. 747 (1986), each of which applied "strict scrutiny" to abortion restrictions. Applying this new standard to the Pennsylvania Act under challenge, the plurality struck down the spousal notice requirement, stating t...
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