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- Title
The Supreme Court Retreats Another Step on Abortion.
- Authors
Rosoff, Jeannie I.
- Abstract
The article comments on recent United States Supreme Court decisions involving cases of abortion. "Ambiguous," "contradictory" and "murky" are among the words that have been used to characterize the Supreme Court decisions in late June regarding minors' access to legal abortion. The Court's complex decisions in Hodgson v. Minnesota and Ohio v. Akron Center for Reproductive Health, which are excerpted in this issue of Family Planning Perspectives [p. 1771, provide further signals of how far the new Supreme Court majority is willing to go beyond last year's Webster v. Reproductive Health Services in dismantling the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision. Elsewhere, the Court's majority took pains to explain that a 48-hour waiting period between the notification and the abortion might delay the procedure somewhat and impose a burden on the minor's rights, but the Court considered such a burden only "minimal." At the same time, the majority dismissed the contention that Ohio's judicial bypass, which could take up to 22 days, represents a hindrance to a girl seeking an abortion. After all, said the Court, "the mere possibility that the procedure may require up to 22 days in a rare case plainly insufficient to invalidate the statute on its face. . .," dismissing the fad that such a delay would certainly place an "undue burden," which the Court elsewhere had ruled permissible only if it is kept "minimal."
- Subjects
UNITED States; BIRTH control; ACTIONS &; defenses (Law); JUDICIAL opinions; UNITED States. Supreme Court; COURT personnel; JUSTICE administration
- Publication
Family Planning Perspectives, 1990, Vol 22, Issue 4, p182
- ISSN
0014-7354
- Publication type
Editorial
- DOI
10.2307/2135611