Carey v. Population Services International
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Carey v. Population Services International is a 1977 U.S. Supreme Court case that extended constitutional protections for access to contraceptives, particularly for minors, under the right to privacy.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Carey v. Population Services International canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3874485 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Carey v. Population Services International Context triple: [Griswold v. Connecticut, impactOnLaterCase, Carey v. Population Services International]
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Planned Parenthood v. Casey
Planned Parenthood v. Casey is a landmark 1992 U.S. Supreme Court decision that reaffirmed the constitutional right to abortion while allowing greater state regulation under the “undue burden” standard.
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Stenberg v. Carhart
Stenberg v. Carhart is a 2000 U.S. Supreme Court decision that struck down a Nebraska law banning so-called “partial-birth abortion” as unconstitutional for lacking a health exception for the mother and imposing an undue burden on abortion access.
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C.
Engblom v. Carey
Engblom v. Carey is a 1982 U.S. Court of Appeals case that clarified the scope of the Third Amendment by holding that state National Guard troops could be considered "soldiers" and that tenants, not just owners, may be protected against their quartering.
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Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt
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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E.
Akron v. Akron Center for Reproductive Health
Akron v. Akron Center for Reproductive Health is a 1983 U.S. Supreme Court case that struck down several municipal abortion regulations as unconstitutional infringements on a woman's right to choose.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Carey v. Population Services International Target entity description: Carey v. Population Services International is a 1977 U.S. Supreme Court case that extended constitutional protections for access to contraceptives, particularly for minors, under the right to privacy.
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A.
Planned Parenthood v. Casey
Planned Parenthood v. Casey is a landmark 1992 U.S. Supreme Court decision that reaffirmed the constitutional right to abortion while allowing greater state regulation under the “undue burden” standard.
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B.
Stenberg v. Carhart
Stenberg v. Carhart is a 2000 U.S. Supreme Court decision that struck down a Nebraska law banning so-called “partial-birth abortion” as unconstitutional for lacking a health exception for the mother and imposing an undue burden on abortion access.
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C.
Engblom v. Carey
Engblom v. Carey is a 1982 U.S. Court of Appeals case that clarified the scope of the Third Amendment by holding that state National Guard troops could be considered "soldiers" and that tenants, not just owners, may be protected against their quartering.
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D.
Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt
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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E.
Akron v. Akron Center for Reproductive Health
Akron v. Akron Center for Reproductive Health is a 1983 U.S. Supreme Court case that struck down several municipal abortion regulations as unconstitutional infringements on a woman's right to choose.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Supreme Court case
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constitutional law case ⓘ landmark decision ⓘ reproductive rights case ⓘ |
| areaOfLaw |
civil liberties
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public health regulation ⓘ reproductive health ⓘ |
| arguedDate | 1976-10-04 ⓘ |
| citation | 431 U.S. 678 ⓘ |
| concurrenceBy |
John Paul Stevens
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Lewis F. Powell Jr. ⓘ Potter Stewart ⓘ |
| constitutionalProvisionInterpreted |
Fourteenth Amendment
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surface form:
Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
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| decidedBy | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| decisionDate | 1977-06-09 ⓘ |
| defendant | Hugh L. Carey ⓘ |
| defendantOffice | Governor of New York ⓘ |
| dissentBy |
Byron R. White
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Warren E. Burger ⓘ William H. Rehnquist ⓘ |
| docketNumber | 75-1151 ⓘ |
| hasJurisdiction |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| holding |
A New York law restricting distribution of contraceptives to minors and limiting who could distribute contraceptives was unconstitutional.
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Restrictions on advertising and display of contraceptives violated the First and Fourteenth Amendments. ⓘ The right to privacy in decisions about contraception extends to minors as well as adults. ⓘ The state may not impose blanket prohibitions on the distribution of nonprescription contraceptives to persons under 16. ⓘ |
| impact |
Affirmed that minors possess constitutional privacy rights in matters of contraception.
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Expanded constitutional protection for access to contraceptives. ⓘ Limited state power to regulate contraceptive distribution and advertising. ⓘ |
| issue |
Whether a state may ban advertising and display of contraceptives.
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Whether a state may limit the distribution of contraceptives to licensed pharmacists. ⓘ Whether a state may restrict the sale and distribution of contraceptives to minors. ⓘ |
| joinedByInMajority |
John Paul Stevens
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Lewis F. Powell Jr. ⓘ Potter Stewart ⓘ Thurgood Marshall ⓘ |
| legalSubject |
contraception
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equal protection ⓘ minors' rights ⓘ right to privacy ⓘ substantive due process ⓘ |
| majorityOpinionBy | William J. Brennan Jr. ⓘ |
| originatingCourt | United States District Court for the Southern District of New York ⓘ |
| pageInUnitedStatesReports | 678 ⓘ |
| plaintiff | Population Services International ⓘ |
| rearguedDate | 1977-01-10 ⓘ |
| relatedToPrecedent |
Eisenstadt v. Baird
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Griswold v. Connecticut ⓘ Roe v. Wade ⓘ |
| stateLawChallenged | New York statute regulating distribution and advertising of contraceptives ⓘ |
| volumeInUnitedStatesReports | 431 ⓘ |
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Subject: Carey v. Population Services International Description of subject: Carey v. Population Services International is a 1977 U.S. Supreme Court case that extended constitutional protections for access to contraceptives, particularly for minors, under the right to privacy.
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