Gonzales v. Planned Parenthood

This case is on partial- birth abortions. Partial birth abortion is the killing of the fetus after any part from the head to the navel is already outside of the mother.

In 2003, Congress passed and the President signed the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act. The controversial concept of partial-birth abortion is defined in the Act as any abortion in which the death of the fetus occurs when "the entire fetal head [...] or [...] any part of the fetal trunk past the navel is outside the body of the mother."

The case Roe v. Wade was used as precedent for this trial.
It was decided that this was indeed unconstitutional and banned.


Docket No.:
05-1382
Petitioner:
Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney General
Respondent:
Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc., et al.
Decided By:
Roberts Court (2006-2009)
Opinion:
550 U.S. ___ (2007)
Granted:
Monday, June 19, 2006
Argued:
Wednesday, November 8, 2006
Decided:
Wednesday, April 18, 2007

Source: The Oyez Project, Gonzales v. Planned Parenthood , 550 U.S. ___ (2007) available at: (http://www.oyez.org/cases/2000-2009/2006/2006_05_1382)