Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Franklin v. Fitzpatrick
428 U.S. 901
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1976-07-06
- Topic
- general
How later courts describe this case
- fundamental right to privacy encompasses woman’s decision to have abortion, which can be limited only by compelling state interest
- this issue was not part of that appeal
Citator
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- Cited by
- 26 opinions
Affirmed on appeal from D. C. E. p. Pa. Planned Parenthood of Central Missouri v. Danforth, ante, p. 52.