The U.S.Supreme Court upheld the right of Pennsylvania to require informed consent and a twenty-four-hour waiting period for an abortion in its decision in

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The decision in Planned Parenthood v. Casey upheld the right of Pennsylvania to require informed consent and a twenty-four-hour waiting period for an abortion. Roe v. Wade established the constitutional right to an abortion, but did not address these specific requirements. Reed v. Reed dealt with discrimination on the basis of sex in inheritance laws, and Webster v. Reproductive Health Services addressed state regulation of abortion but did not specifically uphold the waiting period and informed consent requirements. Plessy v. Ferguson dealt with segregation and was decided in 1896.

The USSupreme Court Upheld the Right of Pennsylvania to Require Informed