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Casey v. Planned Parenthood of
Southeastern Pennsylvania

Supreme Court of the United
States (1991)

TABLE OF CONTENTS

TABLE OF CONTENTS..............................i

TABLE OF AUTHORITIES..........................ii

INTEREST OF THE AMICUS.........................1

SUMMARY OF ARGUMENT............................3

ARGUMENT: THE RIGHT TO ABORTION SHOULD NOT
UNIVERSALLY BE DEEMED "FUNDAMENTAL"; ITS
CHARACTERIZATION AS SUCH SHOULD DEPEND ON
THE CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING THE CLAIMED
RIGHT
..........................................4

  1. IN TYPICAL CASES, WHERE THE SOLE
    CONSTITUTIONAL SOURCE OF THE CLAIMED
    ABORTION RIGHT IS THE PERSONAL
    LIBERTY/PRIVACY INTEREST, ABORTION
    SHOULD NO LONGER BE DEEMED A
    "FUNDAMENTAL" CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT
    ........8

  2. IN EXTRAORDINARY CASES, WHERE THE
    CONSTITUTIONAL SOURCE OF THE CLAIMED
    ABORTION RIGHT INCLUDES A SOURCE IN
    ADDITION TO THE PERSONAL LIBERTY/PRIVACY
    INTEREST -- FOR EXAMPLE, CASES WHERE
    ABORTION IS AN EXPRESSION OF FREE
    EXERCISE OF RELIGION -- ABORTION SHOULD
    REMAIN A "FUNDAMENTAL" CONSTITUTIONAL
    RIGHT
    ....................................16

CONCLUSION....................................16

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