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Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pa. v. Casey, 505 U.S. 833 (1992)

29 Jun 1992

Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania, et al. v. Robert P. Casey, et al., 505 U.S. 833 (1992), was a landmark case of the Supreme Court of the United States regarding abortion. In a plurality opinion, the Court upheld the right to have an abortion as established by the holding in Roe v. Wade (1973), altered the standard for analyzing restrictions on that right and crafted the undue burden standard as a substitute.
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