City of Akron v. Akron Center for Reproductive Health | |
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Argued November 30, 1982 Decided June 15, 1983 | |
Full case name | City of Akron v. Akron Center for Reproductive Health, et al. |
Citations | 462 U.S. 416 (more) 103 S. Ct. 2481; 76 L. Ed. 2d 687 |
Case history | |
Prior | Akron Ctr. for Reproductive Health, Inc. v. City of Akron, 479 F. Supp. 1172 (N.D. Ohio 1979); affirmed in part, reversed in part, 651 F.2d 1198 (6th Cir. 1981); cert. granted, 456 U.S. 988 (1982). |
Holding | |
The then-current abortion law of Akron, Ohio, which included a 24-hour waiting period and the requirement that a doctor inform the patient of the stage of fetal development, the supposed health risks of abortion, and the availability of adoption and childbirth resources, was unconstitutional. | |
Court membership | |
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Case opinions | |
Majority | Powell, joined by Burger, Brennan, Marshall, Blackmun, Stevens |
Dissent | O'Connor, joined by White, Rehnquist |
Laws applied | |
U.S. Const. amend. XIV; Akron Codified Ordinances, ch. 1870, § 1870.03, § 1870.05, § 1870.06, § 1870.07, § 1870.16 (Akron Ordinance No. 160-1978) | |
Overruled by | |
Planned Parenthood v. Casey (1992) |
City of Akron v. Akron Center for Reproductive Health, 462 U.S. 416 (1983), was a case in which the United States Supreme Court affirmed its abortion rights jurisprudence. In a majority opinion by Lewis F. Powell Jr., the Court struck down several provisions of an abortion law of Akron, Ohio, including portions found to be unconstitutionally vague.[1]
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