Services, 492 U.S. 490 (1989). 1990 Minnesotas two-parent notification requirement for an abortion is struck down, but a version of the law containing a judicial waiver is allowed to stand. Physicians and clinics affiliated with Planned Parenthood had challenged the law, providing testimony about its harmful impact on teenagers and their families. Hodgson v. Minnesota, 497 U.S. 417 (1990). 1990- Planned Parenthood lawyers argued unsuccessfully against an Ohio law mandating notice to a parent or a court waiver before a young womans abortion. Ohio v. Akron Center for Reproductive Health, 497 U.S. 502 (1990). 1992- A case brought by a Pennsylvania Planned Parenthood affiliate results in a reaffirmation of a womans constitutional right to choose abortion. Husband notification is struck down, but several other measures including mandatory 24-hour delay and biased anti-abortion information and one-parent consent with a judicial bypass are upheld. A new standard for deciding whether abortion restrictions are constitutional is announced. Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey, 505 U.S. 833 (1992).(A History of Protecting Reproductive Health Services in the Courts, Jan. 2000)There have been several different opinions posed towards abortion in the readings that I reviewed, but there were two in particular that really caught my attention. The opinions are both pro-choice and pro-life. The first quote is taken from an article, Conservatives fighting congressional battles over choice, in a July 1998 Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service. H. Fields Grenee speaks about how congress has taken a womans right to choose and blown in out of proportion. Grenee says:Once upon a time, I thought we lived in a democracy. I thought each person, even women, after Roe v. Wade in 1973, had the legal right to choose what they thought was best for their lives. But Im not sure anymore. Congress seems intent on telling women which contraceptives they m...
