Legal Opinion
Webster v. Reproductive Health Services
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided July 3, 1989No. 88-605PublishedCited by 465 opinions
1Judgment of the CourtChief Justice Rehnquist
This appeal concerns the constitutionality of a Missouri statute regulating the performance of abortions. The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit struck down several provisions of the statute on the ground that they violated this Court’s decision in Roe v. Wade, 410 U. S. 113 (1973), and cases following it. We noted probable jurisdiction, 488 U. S. 1003 (1989), and now reverse.
*500In June 1986, the Governor of Missouri signed into law Missouri Senate Committee Substitute for House Bill No. 1596 (hereinafter Act or statute), which amended existing state law concerning unborn…
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