Pro-Choice Mississippi v. Fordice

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• discussing Miss. Code 1880, § 2884 which criminalized producing an abortion from a “woman pregnant with a quick child[.]” (emphasis removed)
• assessing statutes impairing access to abortion under undue burden standard instead of usual compelling interest standard applied to violations of right to privacy; privacy right to abortion \much more complex\
• assessing statutes impairing access to abortion under undue burden standard instead of usual compelling interest standard applied to violations of right to privacy; privacy right to abortion \much more 71 complex\
• pointing out that in 1890 abortion was legal in Mississippi up until the point of quickening, i.e., “some four to five months into pregnancy”—while relying on the analysis in Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973
• applying Singleton to determine doctors and health care providers had standing
• “Because the mandatory consultation and twenty-four hour delay ensures that a woman has given thoughtful consideration in deciding whether to obtain an abortion, [Mississippi law] does not create an undue burden and is therefore constitutional.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).