Carhart v. Gonzales

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf legal case
gptkbp:applicationNumber 05-380
gptkbp:caseOutcome upheld the federal law
gptkbp:caseTypes constitutional law
gptkbp:court 5-4 ruling
gptkbp:decidedBy gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
April 18, 2007
gptkbp:filedIn gptkb:Ruth_Bader_Ginsburg
gptkb:Anthony_Kennedy
gptkbp:historicalContext post-Roe_v._Wade_era
gptkbp:homeGround challenged the constitutionality of the ban
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Carhart v. Gonzales
gptkbp:impact state-level abortion laws
subsequent abortion legislation
gptkbp:involves abortion rights
gptkbp:judges gptkb:Justice_Ruth_Bader_Ginsburg
judicial restraint
originalism
reviewed_by_the_Supreme_Court
gptkbp:legal_representation focused on medical necessity
focused on women's health
gptkbp:legalStatus gptkb:American_Civil_Liberties_Union
gptkb:National_Abortion_Federation
Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003
first case to uphold a federal ban on a specific abortion procedure
the ban was not unconstitutional
whether the ban was unconstitutional
influenced_future_Supreme_Court_cases
gptkbp:notableFeature 550 U.S. 124 (2007)
landmark case in abortion rights
gptkbp:outcome upheld_the_Partial-Birth_Abortion_Ban_Act
gptkbp:politicalAffiliation gptkb:Dr._Leroy_Carhart
gptkb:Alberto_Gonzales
gptkbp:politicalParty gptkb:Justice_Anthony_Kennedy
gptkbp:precedent gptkb:Stenberg_v._Carhart
upholding federal abortion restrictions
gptkbp:publicAccess mixed public opinion
gptkbp:relatedPatent gptkb:Planned_Parenthood_v._Casey
gptkb:Whole_Woman's_Health_v._Hellerstedt
gptkbp:relatedTo abortion_law_in_the_United_States
gptkbp:significance controversial decision in abortion debate