Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt

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Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt is a 2016 U.S. Supreme Court decision that struck down Texas abortion restrictions as imposing an undue burden on women’s constitutional right to access abortion.

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instanceOf United States Supreme Court case ⓘ
abortion rights case ⓘ
landmark decision ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt, Commissioner, Texas Department of State Health Services ⓘ
areaOfLaw constitutional law ⓘ
reproductive rights ⓘ
challengedProvision admitting-privileges requirement for abortion providers ⓘ
surgical-center (ASC) requirement for abortion clinics ⓘ
challengedStatute Texas House Bill 2 (HB2) ⓘ
linked to: House Bill 2 (2013)
citation 579 U.S. ___ (2016) ⓘ
concurrenceBy Ruth Bader Ginsburg ⓘ
constitutionalProvision Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
court Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
decisionDate 2016-06-27 ⓘ
dissentBy Clarence Thomas ⓘ
Samuel A. Alito Jr. ⓘ
dissentJoinedBy Clarence Thomas ⓘ
John G. Roberts Jr. ⓘ
docketNumber 15-274 ⓘ
effect invalidated key provisions of Texas HB2 ⓘ
prevented closure of many Texas abortion clinics ⓘ
holding Texas admitting-privileges requirement is unconstitutional ⓘ
Texas surgical-center requirement is unconstitutional ⓘ
law imposed an undue burden on a woman’s right to obtain an abortion ⓘ
joinedMajority Anthony M. Kennedy ⓘ
Elena Kagan ⓘ
Ruth Bader Ginsburg ⓘ
Sonia Sotomayor ⓘ
jurisdiction United States ⓘ
legalIssue abortion regulation ⓘ
substantive due process ⓘ
undue burden standard ⓘ
lowerCourt United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ⓘ
lowerCourtDecision upheld Texas HB2 provisions ⓘ
majorityOpinionBy Stephen G. Breyer ⓘ
originatingState Texas ⓘ
petitioner Whole Woman’s Health ⓘ
precedentReliedOn Planned Parenthood v. Casey ⓘ
Roe v. Wade ⓘ
principle courts must weigh asserted benefits of abortion regulations against burdens imposed ⓘ
respondent John Hellerstedt ⓘ
respondentOffice Commissioner of the Texas Department of State Health Services ⓘ
reversed United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ⓘ
shortName Whole Woman’s Health ⓘ
standardClarified undue burden standard under Planned Parenthood v. Casey ⓘ
term October Term 2015 ⓘ
vote 5-3 ⓘ

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Stephen G. Breyer → notableCaseParticipation → Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt ⓘ
Texas abortion laws → centralToCase → Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt ⓘ
Texas abortion laws → HB2KeyProvisionsStruckDownBy → Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt (2016) ⓘ
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Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt → petitioner → Whole Woman’s Health ⓘ
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Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt → shortName → Whole Woman’s Health ⓘ
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Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt → alsoKnownAs → Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt, Commissioner, Texas Department of State Health Services ⓘ
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Senate Bill 8 (2021) → challengedInCase → Whole Woman’s Health v. Jackson ⓘ
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House Bill 2 (2013) → legalChallenge → Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt ⓘ
House Bill 2 (2013) → challengedBy → Whole Woman’s Health ⓘ
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House Bill 2 (2013) → struckDownInCase → Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt ⓘ
United States v. Texas (2021) → relatedCase → Whole Woman’s Health v. Jackson ⓘ
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Planned Parenthood v. Abbott → relatedCase → Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt ⓘ
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