Gonzales v. Carhart

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Gonzales v. Carhart is a 2007 U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld the federal Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act, marking a significant shift in abortion jurisprudence by allowing broader government regulation of certain abortion procedures.

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instanceOf United States Supreme Court case ⓘ
abortion case ⓘ
federal constitutional law case ⓘ
appliesConstitutionalProvision Fourteenth Amendment Due Process Clause ⓘ
linked to: Due Process Clause
challengesStatute Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003 ⓘ
characterizedAs significant shift in U.S. abortion jurisprudence toward greater government regulation ⓘ
concernsMedicalProcedure intact dilation and extraction (intact D&E) ⓘ
so-called partial-birth abortion ⓘ
hasCitation 550 U.S. 124 ⓘ
hasCountry United States ⓘ
hasCourt Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
hasDecisionDate 2007-04-18 ⓘ
hasDissentingJustices David H. Souter ⓘ
John Paul Stevens ⓘ
Ruth Bader Ginsburg ⓘ
Stephen G. Breyer ⓘ
hasDissentOpinionBy Ruth Bader Ginsburg ⓘ
hasDocketNumber 05-380 ⓘ
hasHolding Congress may ban a specific abortion method when other safe alternatives remain available ⓘ
Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003 is constitutional on its face ⓘ
facial challenge fails because respondents did not show that the Act would be unconstitutional in a large fraction of relevant cases ⓘ
federal ban on intact dilation and extraction does not impose an undue burden on a woman’s right to obtain an abortion ⓘ
hasImpact encouraged additional state and federal abortion regulations ⓘ
narrowed scope of protections for abortion procedures compared to prior precedent ⓘ
hasLegalIssue constitutionality of federal ban on intact dilation and extraction abortion procedure ⓘ
facial challenge to abortion regulation ⓘ
scope of undue burden standard under Planned Parenthood v. Casey ⓘ
hasMajorityJustices Anthony M. Kennedy ⓘ
Antonin Scalia ⓘ
Clarence Thomas ⓘ
John G. Roberts Jr. ⓘ
Samuel A. Alito Jr. ⓘ
hasMajorityOpinionBy Anthony M. Kennedy ⓘ
hasPetitioner Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney General of the United States ⓘ
linked to: Alberto Gonzales
hasRespondent LeRoy Carhart ⓘ
other physicians performing abortions ⓘ
holdsRegardingHealthException Congress may omit a health exception if there is medical uncertainty and other safe procedures are available ⓘ
interpretsPrecedent Planned Parenthood v. Casey ⓘ
Roe v. Wade ⓘ
Stenberg v. Carhart ⓘ
isFollowedBy subsequent abortion regulation cases in lower federal courts ⓘ
overrulesInEffect Stenberg v. Carhart (in part, regarding similar state ban) ⓘ
linked to: Stenberg v. Carhart
relatesToRight right to abortion ⓘ
standardApplied undue burden standard ⓘ
typeOfChallenge facial challenge to federal statute ⓘ
upholdsStatute Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003 ⓘ
yearDecided 2007 ⓘ

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Stenberg v. Carhart → laterLimitedBy → Gonzales v. Carhart ⓘ
PBA Ban → litigation → Gonzales v. Carhart ⓘ
PBA Ban → litigation → Gonzales v. Planned Parenthood Federation of America ⓘ
linked to: Gonzales v. Carhart
PBA Ban → upheldInCase → Gonzales v. Carhart ⓘ
partial-birth abortion → isSubjectOf → United States Supreme Court case Gonzales v. Carhart ⓘ
linked to: Gonzales v. Carhart
Roberts Court → landmarkCase → Gonzales v. Carhart ⓘ
Leroy Carhart → participantIn → Gonzales v. Carhart ⓘ
subject linked to: Dr. Leroy Carhart
Leroy Carhart → legalCase → Gonzales v. Carhart, 550 U.S. 124 (2007) ⓘ
subject linked to: Dr. Leroy Carhart
linked to: Gonzales v. Carhart