The abortion case that followed Roe v. Wade was Planned Parenthood of PA v. Casey. In sum, Pennsylvania passed a law with all these provisions for woman who want abortions including a 24-hour wait time, but most horrribly, a spousal notification. All women seeking abortions in PA would be REQUIRED to notify their husbands first. Seriously.

The 3-judge panel on the 3rd circuit heard the case and upheld the statute but struck down the spousal notification provision...except for one judge who dissented and wanted to uphold spousal notification. He argued that although 90% of women would tell their husbands they were getting an abortion, the other 10% were negligible since the law shouldn't protect a small minority. The other judges argued that the 10% of women who wouldn't tell their husband did so because they were fearful for their safety. The judge who just didn't give a fuck about the 10% of women who could be beaten for getting pregnant? NEW Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito.

I'll be on a ledge...

P.S. The SC struck it down. O'Connor wrote (paraphrased) "since when do women lose rights when they get married?" Ha!

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