City of Akron v. Akron Center for Reproductive Health
1983 United States Supreme Court case / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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City of Akron v. Akron Center for Reproductive Health, 462 U.S. 416 (1983), was a case in which the United States Supreme Court affirmed its abortion rights jurisprudence. In an opinion by Lewis F. Powell Jr., the Court struck down several provisions of an Ohio abortion law, including portions found to be unconstitutionally vague.[1]
Quick Facts City of Akron v. Akron Center for Reproductive Health, Argued November 30, 1982 Decided June 15, 1983 ...
City of Akron v. Akron Center for Reproductive Health | |
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Argued November 30, 1982 Decided June 15, 1983 | |
Full case name | City of Akron v. Akron Center for Reproductive Health, et al. |
Citations | 462 U.S. 416 (more) 103 S. Ct. 2481; 76 L. Ed. 2d 687 |
Case history | |
Prior | Akron Ctr. for Reproductive Health, Inc. v. City of Akron, 479 F. Supp. 1172 (N.D. Ohio 1979); affirmed in part, reversed in part, 651 F.2d 1198 (6th Cir. 1981); cert. granted, 456 U.S. 988 (1982). |
Holding | |
The city of Akron, Ohio's then-current abortion law, whose provisions included a 24-hour waiting period and the requirement that a doctor inform the patient of the stage of fetal development, the supposed health risks of abortion, and the availability of adoption and childbirth resources, was unconstitutional. | |
Court membership | |
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Case opinions | |
Majority | Powell, joined by Burger, Brennan, Marshall, Blackmun, Stevens |
Dissent | O'Connor, joined by White, Rehnquist |
Laws applied | |
U.S. Const. amend. XIV; Akron Codified Ordinances, ch. 1870, § 1870.03, § 1870.05, § 1870.06, § 1870.07, § 1870.16 (Akron Ordinance No. 160-1978) | |
Overruled by | |
Planned Parenthood v. Casey (1992) |
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