Also known as: Planned Parenthood v. Casey · Casey · Casey (1992)
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A 1992 Supreme Court decision that reaffirmed the essential holding of Roe v. Wade while replacing the trimester framework with an undue burden standard for evaluating state abortion regulations.
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Pilar Pena, a pregnant resident of State A, seeks an abortion at 14 weeks. State A enforces a statute prohibiting the procedure before viability. The federal district court applies the undue burden standard from Casey and strikes down the law.
Phoebe Park files a civil action in federal district court challenging a state abortion regulation. The court confirms jurisdiction is proper and evaluates the regulation under the undue burden standard established in Casey.
Casey replaced the trimester framework with an undue burden standard while reaffirming the core right to pre-viability abortion.
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The decision has been overruled, returning regulatory authority over abortion to the states subject to rational basis review.
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