http://protectchoice.org/ The Pro-Choice Public Education Project has tools, information, and resources about reproductive health, rights and justice for young women and the organizations that serve them. http://protectchoice.org/article.php?id=115 <div class="text blurb">If you'd like to download all of the Court Case graphics, they're all collected in this section.</div> http://protectchoice.org/article.php?id=115 http://protectchoice.org/article.php?id=112 <div class="text blurb">In 2003, President Bush signed a federal abortion ban into law. Planned Parenthood, the Center for Reproductive Rights, the National Abortion Federation and the American Civil Liberties Union challenged it in federal district courts around the country. </div> http://protectchoice.org/article.php?id=112 http://protectchoice.org/article.php?id=111 <div class="text blurb">Planned Parenthood of Northern New England, along with several other women’s health centers, filed a complaint stating that the New Hampshire Parental Notification Act was unconstitutional.</div> http://protectchoice.org/article.php?id=111 http://protectchoice.org/article.php?id=110 <div class="text blurb">Dr. Carhart stated that the Nebraska law banning so-called “partial-birth abortion” was unconstitutional, based on the “undue burden” test established in Planned Parenthood v. Casey.</div> http://protectchoice.org/article.php?id=110 http://protectchoice.org/article.php?id=109 <div class="text blurb">NOW wanted monetary compensation and laws to protect abortion clinics from violence. They referred to the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act and the Hobbs Act, both meant to protect citizens from extortion and violent interference with their businesses</div> http://protectchoice.org/article.php?id=109 http://protectchoice.org/article.php?id=108 <div class="text blurb">Planned Parenthood challenged sections of the state’s Abortion Control Act of 1982.These provisions included spousal consent, parental notification, a 24-hour waiting period requirement and “informed consent” – meaning, doctors were required to inform women of the possible complications of the abortion procedure.</div> http://protectchoice.org/article.php?id=108 http://protectchoice.org/article.php?id=107 <div class="text blurb"> Rust and several family planning providers challenged President Ronald Reagan’s "gag rule.Under this new rule, clinic staff could not discuss all of the options available to women facing unintended pregnancies, particularly abortion; they could only refer them for prenatal care.</div> http://protectchoice.org/article.php?id=107 http://protectchoice.org/article.php?id=106 <div class="text blurb">Dr. Hodgson challenged a Minnesota state law that required a minor to notify both biological parents before having an abortion.It made no exception for parents who were divorced, who had not married, or who were unknown to their daughters.</div> http://protectchoice.org/article.php?id=106 http://protectchoice.org/article.php?id=105 <div class="text blurb">Reproductive health professionals challenged a state law that included harsh restrictions on reproductive services. The law forbade the use of public facilities for all abortions except those necessary to save a woman's life and required physicians to perform tests to determine the viability of fetuses after 20 weeks of pregnancy.</div> http://protectchoice.org/article.php?id=105 http://protectchoice.org/article.php?id=104 <div class="text blurb">Kendrick and his group challenged on the fairness of the Adolescent Family Life Act. This act authorized the use of federal money to teach abstinence-only sex education to teenagers. It also allowed federal money to go to religious organizations. </div> http://protectchoice.org/article.php?id=104 http://protectchoice.org/article.php?id=103 <div class="text blurb">The American College of Ob-Gyns brought this case against Governor Thornburgh stating that Pennsylvania’s Abortion Control Act of 1982 violated the Constitution. </div> http://protectchoice.org/article.php?id=103 http://protectchoice.org/article.php?id=102 <div class="text blurb">The Akron Center for RHS challenged sections of an ordinance restricting abortion, which: required minors under 15 to obtain parental or judicial consent for an abortion; required physicians to give women information designed to dissuade them from having abortions; imposed a 24-hour waiting period after the signing of the consent form; and required that all second-trimester abortions be performed in a hospital. </div> http://protectchoice.org/article.php?id=102 http://protectchoice.org/article.php?id=101 <div class="text blurb">McRae challenged the Hyde Amendment of 1976, which prohibits the federal Medicaid funding of abortions not necessary to preserve the woman’s life. </div> http://protectchoice.org/article.php?id=101 http://protectchoice.org/article.php?id=100 <div class="text blurb">Baird challenged a statute requiring women under 18 to obtain parental or judicial consent before having an abortion. </div> http://protectchoice.org/article.php?id=100 http://protectchoice.org/article.php?id=99 <div class="text blurb">Several low-income women challenged a Connecticut state regulation that banned public funding for abortions that were not “medically necessary.”</div> http://protectchoice.org/article.php?id=99