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Harris v. McRae (1980)
By: Reem Gerais
| Published: Jun 28, 2017
On 30 June 1980, in a five to four decision, the US Supreme Court ruled in the Case Harris v. McRae that the Hyde Amendment of 1976 did not violate…
LawContraceptionUnited States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Departments of Labor and Health, Education, and Welfare, and Related Agencies AppropriationsMedicaidAbortion--Law and legislation--United States
The Hyde Amendment of 1976
By: Reem Gerais
| Published: Jun 28, 2017
In 1976, the US Congress passed the Hyde Amendment, which banned the use of federal funding to pay for abortions through Medicaid. In 1976, Illinois…
LawMedicaidAbortion--Law and legislation--United StatesAbortionBirth control clinics
Roe v. Wade (1973)
By: Sharaden Seward, Claudia Nunez-Eddy
| Published: Jul 03, 2018
In the 1973 case of Roe v. Wade, the US Supreme Court ruled that laws banning abortion violated the US Constitution. The Texas abortion laws,…
LawBirth control clinicsAbortionFamily planning servicesAbortion--Law and legislation--United States
Woman’s Right to Know Act in Texas (2003)
By: Richa Venkatraman
| Published: Jul 15, 2021
In 2003, the Texas state legislature passed the Woman’s Right to Know Act, hereafter the Act, as Chapter 171 of the state’s Health and Safety Code.…
LawAbortionAbortion servicesAmerican Civil Liberties UnionFreedom of Speech
Planned Parenthood Committee of Phoenix v. Maricopa County (1962)
By: Claudia Nunez-Eddy
| Published: Jun 23, 2017
In the 1962 case Planned Parenthood Committee of Phoenix v. Maricopa County, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled that Arizona Revised Statute 13-213,…
LawContraceptionBirth control clinicsPlanned Parenthood Federation of AmericaAbortion
Webster v. Reproductive Health Services (1989)
By: Carolina J. Abboud
| Published: Feb 26, 2017
In the 1989 case Webster v. Reproductive Health Services, the US Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of a Missouri law regulating abortion…
LawBirth control clinicsAbortionFamily planning servicesAbortion--Law and legislation--United States
Tucson Woman's Clinic v. Eden (2004)
By: Claudia Nunez-Eddy
| Published: Nov 14, 2016
The case Tucson Woman's Clinic v. Eden (2004) established that some of Arizona's abortion clinic laws violated physicians' and patients' rights to…
LawAbortion--Law and legislation--United StatesAbortionBirth control clinicsArizona--History
Isaacson v. Horne (2013)
By: Claudia Nunez-Eddy
| Published: Nov 16, 2016
In the 2013 case Isaacson v. Horne, the US Court of Appeals in the Ninth Circuit ruled that Arizona House Bill (HB) 2036, which prohibited abortions…
LawArizona. Attorney General's OfficeBirth control clinicsAbortionAbortion Centers
Texas Medical Providers Performing Abortion Services v. Lakey (2012)
By: Reem Gerais
| Published: Jun 23, 2017
In the 2012 case Texas Medical Providers Performing Abortion Services v. David Lakey, a US appeals court ruled as constitutional a Texas law that…
LawAbortionAbortion servicesAbortion--Law and legislation--United StatesAbortion--Law and legislation
Doe v. Bolton (1973)
By: Carolina J. Abboud
| Published: Nov 29, 2017
In the 1973 court case Doe v. Bolton, the US Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., ruled that a Georgia law regulating abortion was unconstitutional.…
LawBirth control clinicsAbortionFamily planning servicesAbortion--Law and legislation--United States