Supreme Court of the United States
Gonzales v. Carhart
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- Type
- Opinion of the Court
- Filed
- April 18, 2007
- Case
- Gonzales v. Carhart
- Case status
- Decided
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*132Justice Kennedy delivered the opinion of the Court. These cases require us to consider the validity of the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003 (Act), 18 U. S. C. § 1531 (2000 ed., Supp. IV), a federal statute regulating abortion procedures. In recitations preceding its operative provisions the Act refers to the Court’s opinion in Stenberg…
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Other writings in this case
| Type | Author | Filed |
|---|---|---|
| Opinion | Anthony McLeod Kennedy | April 18, 2007 |
| Concurrence | Not attributed | April 18, 2007 |
| Dissent | Not attributed | April 18, 2007 |