Abortion Flashcards
Explain Griswold v. CT
state statute prohibited any person including married couples from using contraception.
What review was used in Griswold
kinda strict scrutiny - effect is strict scrutiny
holding in Griswold
fundamental right to spatial privacy for married couples to engage in intimate relations within the marital bedroom. This is a protected zone of privacy.
what is spatial privacy
specific to a specific relationship and unfolds in a very specific place
What does Black Dissent say in Griswold
no right to privacy in Constitution so government has a right to invade and court shouldn’t protect any unenumerated rights
Explain Eisenstadt v. Baird
state statute prohibiting distribution of any drug/device to unmarried persons for the prevention of contraception
what review was applied in eisenstadt
rational basis review
holding in Eisenstadt
struck down under equal protection clause: fundamental right. This discriminated against married and unmarried people
what did eisenstadt claim Griswold gave?
Gave decisional right to bear and beget a child
Explain Carey v. Population Services
Ny law prohibiting anyone besides licensed pharmacist from distributing contraceptives
Holding in Carey
STRUCK DOWN. Right to privacy for individual decisions in matter of childbearing from unjustified instrusions of the state.
Explain Roe v. Wade
state statute makes abortion a crime except by medical advice for the purpose of saving the life of the mother
what is the nature of the claimed right
claimed right is a catalogue of harms that pregnant women are going to suffer if abortion is not available like unwanted pregnancies, inability to take care of more children, socioeconomic harms and physician interests
what is the state interest in Roe
protecting fetal life and also wanting to protect the pregnant women’s health and safety
Holding in Roe
Blackmun uses strict scrutiny and says the fundamental right to personal privacy in constitution encompasses woman’s right to terminate pregnancy.
What is the trimester framework established in Roe
1st: gov cannot prohibit, can only regulate as other medical procedure
2nd: gov cannot prohibit, may regulate if reasonably related to mom’s health
3rd: gov may prohibit for potential life, except if necessary to save mom’s life
What did the dissent in Roe say
White = this is not a private thing and this case did not implicate the constitutional right to privacy. Extravagant exercise of power of judicial review that Constitution extends to this court.
Explain Planned Parethood v. Casey
PA Abortion Control Act requires informed consent for husbands and minors, 24 hour waiting and spousal notification
Holding in Casey
UPHELD except spousal notification because that is an undue burden. Right to abortion is grounded in the liberty prong of the due process clause of the 14th amendment.
What did Casey change the Roe trimester framework to
pre viability/ pos viability
pre viability
women are free to get exceptinos but state can spew propaganda
post viability
state can ban with a health exception