Legal Opinion
Bellotti v. Baird
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided October 1, 1979No. 78-329PublishedCited by 735 opinions
1Judgment of the CourtJustice Powell, joined by The Chief Justice, Justice Stewaet, and Justice Rehnquist
These appeals present a challenge to the constitutionality of a state statute regulating the access of minors to abortions. They require us to continue the inquiry we began in Planned Parenthood of Central Missouri v. Danforth, 428 U. S. 52 (1976), and Bellotti v. Baird, 428 U. S. 132 (1976).
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On August 2, 1974, the Legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts passed, over the Governor’s veto, an Act pertaining to abortions performed within the State. 1974 Mass. Acts, ch. 706. According to its title, the statute was intended to regulate abortions “within present constitutional limits.”…
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