Gonzales v. Carhart

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United States Supreme Court case abortion case federal constitutional law case

Gonzales v. Carhart is a 2007 U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld the federal Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act, marking a significant shift in abortion jurisprudence by allowing broader government regulation of certain abortion procedures.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Gonzales v. Planned Parenthood Federation of America	1
United States Supreme Court case Gonzales v. Carhart	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Supreme Court case ⓘ abortion case ⓘ federal constitutional law case ⓘ
appliesConstitutionalProvision	Fourteenth Amendment Due Process Clause NERFINISHED ⓘ
challengesStatute	Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003 NERFINISHED ⓘ
characterizedAs	significant shift in U.S. abortion jurisprudence toward greater government regulation ⓘ
concernsMedicalProcedure	intact dilation and extraction (intact D&E) ⓘ so-called partial-birth abortion ⓘ
hasCitation	550 U.S. 124 ⓘ
hasCountry	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
hasCourt	Supreme Court of the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasDecisionDate	2007-04-18 ⓘ
hasDissentingJustices	David H. Souter NERFINISHED ⓘ John Paul Stevens NERFINISHED ⓘ Ruth Bader Ginsburg NERFINISHED ⓘ Stephen G. Breyer NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasDissentOpinionBy	Ruth Bader Ginsburg NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasDocketNumber	05-380 ⓘ
hasHolding	Congress may ban a specific abortion method when other safe alternatives remain available ⓘ Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003 is constitutional on its face NERFINISHED ⓘ facial challenge fails because respondents did not show that the Act would be unconstitutional in a large fraction of relevant cases ⓘ federal ban on intact dilation and extraction does not impose an undue burden on a woman’s right to obtain an abortion ⓘ
hasImpact	encouraged additional state and federal abortion regulations ⓘ narrowed scope of protections for abortion procedures compared to prior precedent ⓘ
hasLegalIssue	constitutionality of federal ban on intact dilation and extraction abortion procedure ⓘ facial challenge to abortion regulation ⓘ scope of undue burden standard under Planned Parenthood v. Casey ⓘ
hasMajorityJustices	Anthony M. Kennedy NERFINISHED ⓘ Antonin Scalia NERFINISHED ⓘ Clarence Thomas NERFINISHED ⓘ John G. Roberts Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ Samuel A. Alito Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMajorityOpinionBy	Anthony M. Kennedy NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPetitioner	Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney General of the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasRespondent	LeRoy Carhart NERFINISHED ⓘ other physicians performing abortions ⓘ
holdsRegardingHealthException	Congress may omit a health exception if there is medical uncertainty and other safe procedures are available ⓘ
interpretsPrecedent	Planned Parenthood v. Casey NERFINISHED ⓘ Roe v. Wade NERFINISHED ⓘ Stenberg v. Carhart NERFINISHED ⓘ
isFollowedBy	subsequent abortion regulation cases in lower federal courts ⓘ
overrulesInEffect	Stenberg v. Carhart (in part, regarding similar state ban) NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatesToRight	right to abortion ⓘ
standardApplied	undue burden standard ⓘ
typeOfChallenge	facial challenge to federal statute ⓘ
upholdsStatute	Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003 NERFINISHED ⓘ
yearDecided	2007 ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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Stenberg v. Carhart → laterLimitedBy → Gonzales v. Carhart ⓘ

PBA Ban → litigation → Gonzales v. Carhart ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gonzales v. Planned Parenthood Federation of America

PBA Ban → upheldInCase → Gonzales v. Carhart ⓘ

"partial-birth abortion" as a specific medical procedure → isSubjectOf → Gonzales v. Carhart ⓘ

subject surface form: partial-birth abortion

this entity surface form: United States Supreme Court case Gonzales v. Carhart