Second Amendment
By Kyndall La Grand
The amendment as it is in the Constution
The Amendment in My Words
Casey v. Planned Parenthood, 503 U.S. 833, 848 (1992)
Was a case decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in which the constitutionality of several Pennsylvania state statutory provisions regarding abortion were challenged. The case was a turn from the decision in Roe v. Wade to instead reflect the individual's choice in abortion as a responsibility to the community. Its aim was to make the woman's decision more thoughtful and thorough in theory.The Court's plurality opinion upheld the constitutional right to have an abortion while altering the standard for analyzing restrictions on that right. Applying its new standard of review, the Court upheld four regulations and invalidated one, the regulation of spousal notification. in which the constitutionality of several Pennsylvania state statutory provisions regarding abortion were challenged. The case was a turn from the decision in Roe v. Wade to instead reflect the individual's choice in abortion as a responsibility to the community. Its aim was to make the woman's decision more thoughtful and thorough in theory. The Court's plurality opinion upheld the constitutional right to have an abortion while altering the standard for analyzing restrictions on that right. Applying its new standard of review, the Court upheld four regulations and invalidated one, the regulation of spousal notification.