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U.S. Supreme Court

Jul. 7, 2016

Abortion decision: Ruling puts abortionists above other physicians

Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt is in direct conflict with the court's stated purpose of legalizing abortion — to make abortion safer. By Alexandra Snyder

By Alexandra Snyder

Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt, 2016 DJDAR 6275 (June 27, 2016), is the first abortion-related case to reach the U.S. Supreme Court since Gonzales v. Carhart, 550 U.S. 124 (2007), decided nearly 10 years ago. In Carhart, the court upheld the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003. Hellerstedt is the most important abortion case the court has heard since Planned Parenthood v....

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