Planned Parenthood of Central Missouri v. Danforth - Decision, A Question Of Viability, Three Issues Of Consent, Three Other Provisions, Concurrence And Dissent
roe doe court abortion
Appellant
Planned Parenthood of Central Missouri; David Hall, M.D.; Michael Freiman, M.D.
Appellee
John C. Danforth, Attorney General of Missouri
Appellant's Claim
That under the guidelines established by the Court in Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton, and under the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution, a Missouri abortion statute is unconstitutional.
Chief Lawyer for Appellee
John C. Danforth
Chief Lawyer for Appellant
Frank Susman
Justices for the Court
Harry A. Blackmun (writing for the Court), William J. Brennan, Jr., Thurgood Marshall, Lewis F. Powell, Jr., Potter Stewart
Justices Dissenting
Warren E. Burger, William H. Rehnquist, John Paul Stevens, Byron R. White
Place
Washington, D.C.
Date of Decision
1 July 1976
Significance
In the wake of the Court's monumental ruling in Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton, which established the legality of abortion, many states had adopted strict statutes designed to place limits on that practice. Danforth marked the first significant challenge to these post- Roe laws. It expanded the rights established in the earlier cases through its ruling that requirements of spousal and parental consent for abortion are constitutional.
Related Cases
- Stanley v. Illinois, 405 U.S. 645 (1972).
- Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973).
- Doe v. Bolton, 410 U.S. 179 (1973).
- Bellotti v. Baird, 428 U.S. 132 (1976).
- Beal v. Doe, 432 U.S. 454 (1977).
- Maher v. Roe, 432 U.S. 464 (1977).
- Harris v. McRae, 448 U.S. 297 (1980).
- Akron v. Akron Center for Reproductive Health, 462 U.S. 416 (1983).
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