Jane v. Bangerter’s Empirical Analysis
61 F.3d 1493 · 1995
Citation profile
7 federal appellate · 11 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Roe v. Wade · Grayned v. City of Rockford · Hoffman Estates v. Flipside, Hoffman Estates, Inc. · Kolender v. Lawson · Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. P Casey P Casey
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 34 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[b]y requiring a woman to suffer 'grave damage' to her health before her liberty interests predominate, the Utah legislature violated those portions of Roe and Thornburgh [v. American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists, 476 U.S. 747 , 106 S.Ct. 2169, 90 L.Ed.2d 779(1986) ] that Casey reaffirmed, and unconstitutionally devalued a woman's privacy rights.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent“(2) An abortion may be performed in this state only under the following circumstances: "(a) in the professional judgment of the pregnant woman's attending physician, the abortion is necessary to save the pregnant woman's life; "(b) the pregnancy is the result of rape or rape of a child . . . that was reported to a law enforcement agency prior to the abortion; "(c) the pregnancy is the result of incest . . . and the incident was reported to a law enforcement agency prior to the abortion; "(d) in the professional judgment of the pregnant woman's attending physician, to prevent grave damage to the pregnant woman's medical health; or "(e) in the professional judgment of the pregnant woman's attending physician, to prevent the birth of a child that would be born with grave defects. "(3) After 20 weeks gestational age, measured from the date of conception, an abortion may be performed only for those purposes and circumstances described in Subsections (2)(a), (d), and (e).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent“If any one or more provision, section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or word of this part or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is found to be unconstitutional, the same is hereby declared to be severable and the balance of this part shall remain effective notwithstanding such unconstitutionality. The legislature hereby declares that it would have passed this part, and each provision, section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or word thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more provision, section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, or word be declared unconstitutional.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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