Stenberg v. Carhart

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Stenberg v. Carhart is a 2000 U.S. Supreme Court decision that struck down a Nebraska law banning so-called “partial-birth abortion” as unconstitutional for lacking a health exception for the mother and imposing an undue burden on abortion access.

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instanceOf United States Supreme Court case ⓘ
landmark abortion rights case ⓘ
areaOfLaw constitutional law ⓘ
reproductive rights law ⓘ
challengedLaw Nebraska partial-birth abortion ban statute ⓘ
citation 530 U.S. 914 ⓘ
concernsProcedure so-called partial-birth abortion ⓘ
constitutionalProvision Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
decidedBy Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
decisionDate 2000-06-28 ⓘ
decisionType majority opinion with multiple dissents ⓘ
dissentBy Anthony M. Kennedy ⓘ
Antonin Scalia ⓘ
Clarence Thomas ⓘ
William H. Rehnquist ⓘ
docketNumber 99-830 ⓘ
effect invalidated Nebraska’s partial-birth abortion ban ⓘ
limited states’ ability to ban certain abortion procedures without health exceptions ⓘ
finding statute was vague and could cover more than one abortion method ⓘ
hasJurisdiction United States ⓘ
holding Abortion regulations must include a health exception for the mother ⓘ
Nebraska law imposed an undue burden on a woman’s right to choose abortion ⓘ
Nebraska statute banning partial-birth abortion is unconstitutional ⓘ
impact reinforced requirement that abortion bans include a maternal health exception ⓘ
joinedMajority David H. Souter ⓘ
John Paul Stevens ⓘ
Ruth Bader Ginsburg ⓘ
Sandra Day O’Connor ⓘ
language English ⓘ
laterLimitedBy Gonzales v. Carhart ⓘ
legalIssue constitutionality of partial-birth abortion ban ⓘ
requirement of health exception for the mother ⓘ
undue burden on abortion access ⓘ
majorityOpinionBy Stephen G. Breyer ⓘ
originatedIn Nebraska ⓘ
petitioner Don Stenberg ⓘ
proceduralPosture appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit ⓘ
reliesOnPrecedent Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey ⓘ
Roe v. Wade ⓘ
respondent Dr. Leroy Carhart ⓘ
standardApplied undue burden test from Planned Parenthood v. Casey ⓘ
topic abortion regulation ⓘ
health exception in abortion statutes ⓘ
undue burden standard ⓘ
voteSplit 5-4 ⓘ

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Stephen G. Breyer → notableCaseParticipation → Stenberg v. Carhart ⓘ
PBA Ban → relatedTo → Stenberg v. Carhart ⓘ
Don Stenberg → notableCourtCase → Stenberg v. Carhart ⓘ
Gonzales v. Carhart → interpretsPrecedent → Stenberg v. Carhart ⓘ
Gonzales v. Carhart → overrulesInEffect → Stenberg v. Carhart (in part, regarding similar state ban) ⓘ
linked to: Stenberg v. Carhart
Leroy Carhart → participantIn → Stenberg v. Carhart ⓘ
subject linked to: Dr. Leroy Carhart
Leroy Carhart → legalCase → Stenberg v. Carhart, 530 U.S. 914 (2000) ⓘ
subject linked to: Dr. Leroy Carhart
linked to: Stenberg v. Carhart