Planned Parenthood of Central Missouri v. Danforth - Decision

In a complex eight-part ruling, the Court struck down Missouri's requirements that a married woman should receive the consent of her husband, and a minor of her parents, before receiving an abortion. It also invalidated laws proscribing the abortion procedure of saline amniocentesis and requiring physicians to preserve the fetus's life whatever the stage of pregnancy. The Court upheld state provisions regarding viability of a fetus, written consent by the pregnant woman, and the keeping of abortion records; and refused to rule on an eighth provision, for which it held that the appellants lacked standing to challenge.