undue burden

In June Medical Services v.

In light of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Roe v. Wade, which established the right to an abortion prior to fetal viability, the plaintiffs in Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v.

In 1973, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113, after a Texas woman challenged a state law that banned nearly all abortions except when necessary to save the mother’s life.

A Tennessee statute required private clinics providing a “substantial number” of abortions to obtain a “certificate of need” from the Health Facilities Commission, and a license from the Tennessee Department of Health. The Department of Health denied a license to the clinics and then sued to prohibit the clinics from performing abortions.

This case struck down provisions of the Rhode Island “Informed Consent for Abortion” Act for failure to demonstrate a compelling state interest to justify its interference with women’s rights to abortion including: (i) a provision that required pregnant individuals be informed of “all medical risks” associated with the abortion procedure, including “psychological risks to the fetus,” as such a provision was unconstitutionally vague; (ii) a provision requiring a pregnant person seeking abortion to give written consent to the procedure at least 24 hours prior to their scheduled operation, as