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United States v. Milan Vuitch (1971)
By: Victoria Higginbotham
| Published: Jan 13, 2020
In the 1971 court case United States v. Milan Vuitch, hereafter US v. Vuitch, the US Supreme Court ruled that a Washington, DC law was constitutional…
LawAbortionReproductive RightsContraceptionSexual rights
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
Bellotti v. Baird (1979)
By: Victoria Higginbotham
| Published: Jul 25, 2019
On 2 July 1979, the United States Supreme Court decided Bellotti v. Baird, ruling that a Massachusetts law that prohibited minors from obtaining…
LawFamily PlanningTrials (Abortion)AbortionAbortion--Law and legislation--United States
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
Arizona Revised Statutes 13-3603 (1864)
By: Manar Hajja
| Published: Jun 19, 2025
Arizona Revised Statutes 13-3603 (1864), or ARS 13-3603, was a territorial law enacted in 1864 before Arizona was granted statehood that banned…
Abortion, InducedAbortion, LegalReproductive RightsAbortion--Law and legislation--United StatesArizona--Politics and government
Sterilization Act of 1924
By: Nathalie Antonios
| Published: Apr 14, 2011
The passage of the Virginia Sterilization Act of 1924 demonstrates how science has been used to drive policy throughout history. In the case of the…
LawEugenicsReproductionpublic health
Planned Parenthood Center of Tucson, Inc., v. Marks (1972)
By: Claudia Nunez-Eddy
| Published: Nov 13, 2016
In the 1972 case Planned Parenthood Center of Tucson, Inc., v. Marks, the Arizona Court of Appeals required the Arizona Superior Court to rehear the…
LawPlanned Parenthood Federation of AmericaBirth control clinicsAbortionAbortion--Law and legislation
Hodgson v. Minnesota (1990)
By: Rainey Horwitz
| Published: Oct 24, 2017
In the 1990 case Hodgson v. Minnesota, the US Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., upheld Minnesota statute 144.343, which required physicians to…
LawAbortionBirth control clinicsReproductive RightsAbortion--Law and legislation--United States
Forbes v. Napolitano (2000)
By: Claudia Nunez-Eddy
| Published: Nov 13, 2016
Forbes v. Napolitano (2000) was a US court case that established that Arizona researchers could use fetal tissues from induced abortions for basic…
LawPlanned Parenthood Federation of AmericaFetal tissuesCellular therapyArizona
Griswold v. Connecticut (1965)
By: Nathaniel Ross
| Published: Jun 05, 2024
On 7 June 1965, in Griswold v. Connecticut, the United States Supreme Court decided, in a seven to two decision, that married couples have the right…
Supreme Court DecisionsJurisprudenceContraceptivesContraceptives, Oral Access to Contraception