Webster v. Reproductive Health Services

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Webster_v._Reproductive_Health_Services
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Statements (28)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
gptkbp:citation 492 U.S. 490
gptkbp:concurringOpinionBy gptkb:Anthony_Kennedy
gptkb:Sandra_Day_O'Connor
gptkb:Antonin_Scalia
gptkbp:date 1989-07-03
gptkbp:decidedBy gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:decision 5-4
gptkbp:defendant gptkb:Reproductive_Health_Services
gptkbp:dissentingOpinionBy gptkb:Thurgood_Marshall
gptkb:John_Paul_Stevens
gptkb:Harry_Blackmun
gptkbp:docketNumber 87-602
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Webster,_Attorney_General_of_Missouri,_et_al._v._Reproductive_Health_Services_et_al.
gptkbp:heldBy Did not overturn Roe v. Wade but allowed more state regulation of abortion.
Upheld Missouri restrictions on the use of state funds, facilities, and employees in performing, assisting with, or counseling on abortions.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Webster v. Reproductive Health Services
gptkbp:legalIssue Are state restrictions on the use of public resources for abortion constitutional?
gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy gptkb:William_H._Rehnquist
gptkbp:originatedIn gptkb:Missouri
gptkbp:plaintiff gptkb:William_L._Webster
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Roe_v._Wade
gptkb:Planned_Parenthood_v._Casey
gptkbp:requires 1989-04-26
gptkbp:subject abortion law
Missouri state law
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:William_J._Brennan_Jr.
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5