Colautti v. Franklin
Significance, A Specific Definition Of Viability, An Intrusion Upon The Police Powers Of The States
Appellant
Aldo Colautti
Appellee
John Franklin, M.D.
Appellant's Claim
That a Pennsylvania statute dealing with abortion and the viability of fetuses was not unconstitutionally vague.
Chief Lawyer for Appellant
Carol Los Mansmann
Chief Lawyer for Appellee
Roland Morris
Justices for the Court
Harry A. Blackmun (writing for the Court), William J. Brennan, Jr., Thurgood Marshall, Lewis F. Powell, Jr., John Paul Stevens, Potter Stewart
Justices Dissenting
Warren E. Burger, William H. Rehnquist, Byron R. White
Place
Washington, D.C.
Date of Decision
9 January 1979
Decision
Affirmed the judgment of the district court that the viability-determination requirement of the Pennsylvania Abortion Control Act was void due to vagueness. The law's standard-of-care provision was also found to be impermissibly vague.
Related Cases
- Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973).
- Doe v. Bolton, 410 U.S. 179 (1973).
- Planned Parenthood of Central Missouri v. Danforth, 428 U.S. 52 (1976).
- Webster v. Reproductive Health Services, 492 U.S. 490 (1989).
Further Readings
- Gans Epner, Janet E., Harry S. Jonas, and Daniel L. Seckinger. "Late-Term Abortion." Journal of the American Medical Association, August 26, 1998, p. 724.
- Hall, Kermit L., ed. The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States. New York: Oxford Press, 1992.
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