Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt

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United States Supreme Court case abortion rights case landmark decision

Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt is a 2016 U.S. Supreme Court decision that struck down Texas abortion restrictions as imposing an undue burden on women’s constitutional right to access abortion.

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Label	Occurrences
Whole Woman’s Health	2
Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt canonical	2
Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt (2016)	1
Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt, Commissioner, Texas Department of State Health Services	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Supreme Court case ⓘ abortion rights case ⓘ landmark decision ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt ⓘ surface form: Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt, Commissioner, Texas Department of State Health Services
areaOfLaw	constitutional law ⓘ reproductive rights ⓘ
challengedProvision	admitting-privileges requirement for abortion providers ⓘ surgical-center (ASC) requirement for abortion clinics ⓘ
challengedStatute	House Bill 2 (2013) ⓘ surface form: Texas House Bill 2 (HB2)
citation	579 U.S. ___ (2016) ⓘ
concurrenceBy	Ruth Bader Ginsburg ⓘ
constitutionalProvision	Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ surface form: Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
court	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
decisionDate	2016-06-27 ⓘ
dissentBy	Clarence Thomas ⓘ Samuel A. Alito Jr. ⓘ
dissentJoinedBy	Clarence Thomas ⓘ John G. Roberts Jr. ⓘ
docketNumber	15-274 ⓘ
effect	invalidated key provisions of Texas HB2 ⓘ prevented closure of many Texas abortion clinics ⓘ
holding	Texas admitting-privileges requirement is unconstitutional ⓘ Texas surgical-center requirement is unconstitutional ⓘ law imposed an undue burden on a woman’s right to obtain an abortion ⓘ
joinedMajority	Anthony M. Kennedy ⓘ Elena Kagan ⓘ Ruth Bader Ginsburg ⓘ Sonia Sotomayor ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
legalIssue	abortion regulation ⓘ substantive due process ⓘ undue burden standard ⓘ
lowerCourt	United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ⓘ
lowerCourtDecision	upheld Texas HB2 provisions ⓘ
majorityOpinionBy	Stephen G. Breyer ⓘ
originatingState	Texas ⓘ
petitioner	Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Whole Woman’s Health
precedentReliedOn	Planned Parenthood v. Casey ⓘ Roe v. Wade ⓘ
principle	courts must weigh asserted benefits of abortion regulations against burdens imposed ⓘ
respondent	John Hellerstedt ⓘ
respondentOffice	Commissioner of the Texas Department of State Health Services ⓘ
reversed	United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ⓘ
shortName	Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Whole Woman’s Health
standardClarified	undue burden standard under Planned Parenthood v. Casey ⓘ
term	October Term 2015 ⓘ
vote	5-3 ⓘ

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Texas abortion laws → centralToCase → Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt ⓘ

Texas abortion laws → HB2KeyProvisionsStruckDownBy → Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt ⓘ

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Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt → petitioner → Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Whole Woman’s Health

Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt → shortName → Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt self-linksurface differs ⓘ

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Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt → alsoKnownAs → Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt, Commissioner, Texas Department of State Health Services