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Wade, the Supreme Court's abortion cases have established (and affirmed, and re-affirmed) a woman's right to choose an abortion before viability. States may regulate abortion procedures prior to viability so long as they do not impose an undue burden on the woman's right, but they may not ban abortions."
Cooper v. Aaron, 358 U.S. 1 (1958) The states are bound by the decisions of the Supreme Court and cannot choose to ignore them. Oregon v. Mitchell, 400 U.S. 112 (1970) Congress has the power to regulate requirements for voting in federal elections, but it is prohibited from regulating requirements for voting in state and local elections.
From 1973 to 2022, Supreme Court rulings in Roe v. Wade (1973) and Planned Parenthood v. Casey (1992) created, and maintained, federal protections for a pregnant woman's right to get an abortion, ensuring that states could not ban abortion prior to the point at which a fetus may be deemed viable. However, Roe and Casey were overturned by Dobbs v.
Abortion rights advocates — including U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra on a visit to Alabama this week — have framed the court's ruling as a consequence of overturning ...
Supreme Court issues decisions on abortion, OxyContin settlement, environmental protection and SEC fraud: A look at today's rulings Kate Murphy June 27, 2024 at 10:38 AM
Roe v. Wade, the landmark case that made access to legal abortion a constitutional right in the United States, has been overturned by the Supreme Court, disrupting nearly 50 years of precedent ...
The judicial interpretation of the U.S. Constitution regarding abortion, following the Supreme Court of the United States's 1973 landmark decision in Roe v. Wade, and subsequent companion decisions, is that abortion is legal but may be restricted by the states to varying degrees. States have passed laws to restrict late-term abortions, require ...
The nation’s highest court will weigh in on a challenge to the FDA’s approval of the drug Mifepristone ruling – latest: Supreme Court decision keeps medical abortion pill approval in place ...