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The Abortion Control Act was passed by the Pennsylvania government in 1982. The law required women seeking abortions wait 24 hours before getting an abortion, and required informed consent of parents for minor children and husbands for married women. [4] [5] It was principally written by Rep. Stephen F. Freind. [5]
2. The Pennsylvania law that required spousal awareness prior to obtaining an abortion was invalid under the Fourteenth Amendment because it created an undue burden on married women seeking an abortion. 3. Requirements for parental consent, informed consent, and 24-hour waiting period were constitutionally valid regulations.
The Commonwealth Court dismissed the lawsuit in 2021, citing a state Supreme Court case from 1985 that upheld the Pennsylvania Abortion Control Act. The law dates to 1982 and bans abortion care ...
In 1982, Pennsylvania passed the Abortion Control Act, which imposed a 24-hour waiting period and required that prospective patients be provided with information (such as the probable stage of the patient's pregnancy, the availability of child welfare benefits, and the possibility of receiving child support from the patient's sexual partner) as part of the "informed consent" process prior to ...
Susan and Keith Johnson, of Chalfont, hold up signs during a rally held in downtown Doylestown Borough calling for the protection of abortion rights, on Tuesday, May 3, 2022.
The measure seeks to prevent public officials in Pennsylvania, where abortion is legal up to 24 weeks, from cooperating with authorities in other states who try to block their residents from ...
The legality of abortion in the United States and the various restrictions imposed on the procedure vary significantly, depending on the laws of each state or other jurisdiction, although there is no uniform federal law. Some states prohibit abortion at all stages of pregnancy, with few exceptions; others permit it up to a certain point in a ...
The state of abortion rights has been upended by the Supreme Court’s 2022 decision to overturn Roe v. Wade . As of Nov. 6, more than a dozen states have banned abortions or no longer have ...