Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt (579 U.S. 582)
U.S. Supreme Court · decided June 27, 2016 · Supreme Court Database (Spaeth)
- Citation
- 579 U.S. 582 · 136 S. Ct. 2292
- Decided
- June 27, 2016
- Term
- October Term 2015
- Vote
- 5–3
- Majority author
- Justice Breyer
- Issue area
- Privacy
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Outcome
- Petitioning party won
- Ideological direction
- Liberal
- Constitutional ruling
- State/territorial law held unconstitutional
Opinion excerpt
Summary 6/27/2016 6:03:00 PM Differences exist between documents. New Document: Old Document: 15-274_new 15-274 107 pages (679 KB) 107 pages (678 KB) 6/27/2016 6:02:36 PM 6/27/2016 6:02:35 PM Used to display results. Get started: first change is on page 6. No pages were deleted How to read this report Highlight indicates a change. Deleted indicates deleted content. indicates pages were changed. indicates pages were moved. file://NoURLProvided[6/27/2016 6:03:02 PM] (Slip Opinion) OCTOBER TERM, 2015 1 Syllabus NOTE: Where it is feasible, a syllabus (headnote) will be released, as is being done in connection with this case, at the time the opinion is issued. The syllabus constitutes no part of the opinion of the Court but has been prepared by the Reporter of Decisions for the convenience of the reader. See United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co., 200 U.S. 321 , 337. SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES Syllabus WHOLE WOMAN’S HEALTH ET AL. v. HELLERSTEDT, COMMISSIONER, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES, ET AL. CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT No. 15–274. Argued March 2, 2016—Decided June 27, 2016 A “State has a legitimate interest in seeing to it that abortion . . . is performed under circumstances that insure maximum safety for the patient.” Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 , 150. But “a statute which, while furthering [a] valid state…
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