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title: "Cases"
description: "Key abortion-related court cases, in chronological order."
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source_url: "https://www.abhortion.org/cases.html"
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# Cases

Key court cases bearing on abortion law, filed in chronological order (No. 1 = oldest).

- [No. 1 — Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857)](cases/dred-scott-v-sandford-1857.md) — U.S. Supreme Court; Overruled by the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments
- [No. 2 — Griswold v. Connecticut (1965)](cases/griswold-v-connecticut-1965.md) — U.S. Supreme Court; Good law
- [No. 3 — United States v. Vuitch (1971)](cases/united-states-v-vuitch-1971.md) — U.S. Supreme Court; Historical predecessor
- [No. 4 — Eisenstadt v. Baird (1972)](cases/eisenstadt-v-baird-1972.md) — U.S. Supreme Court; Good law
- [No. 5 — Doe v. Bolton (1973)](cases/doe-v-bolton-1973.md) — U.S. Supreme Court; Overruled by Dobbs
- [No. 6 — Roe v. Wade (1973)](cases/roe-v-wade-1973.md) — U.S. Supreme Court; Overruled by Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization
- [No. 7 — Bellotti v. Baird (II) (1979)](cases/bellotti-v-baird-ii-1979.md) — U.S. Supreme Court; Good law on judicial bypass framework
- [No. 8 — Harris v. McRae (1980)](cases/harris-v-mcrae-1980.md) — U.S. Supreme Court; Good law
- [No. 9 — City of Akron v. Akron Center for Reproductive Health (1983)](cases/akron-v-akron-center-1983.md) — U.S. Supreme Court; Effectively overruled by Casey
- [No. 10 — Thornburgh v. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (1986)](cases/thornburgh-v-acog-1986.md) — U.S. Supreme Court; Superseded
- [No. 11 — Webster v. Reproductive Health Services (1989)](cases/webster-v-reproductive-health-services-1989.md) — U.S. Supreme Court; Superseded by later abortion cases
- [No. 12 — Rust v. Sullivan (1991)](cases/rust-v-sullivan-1991.md) — U.S. Supreme Court; Good law on spending/speech doctrine
- [No. 13 — Planned Parenthood v. Casey (1992)](cases/planned-parenthood-v-casey-1992.md) — U.S. Supreme Court; Overruled by Dobbs
- [No. 14 — Stenberg v. Carhart (2000)](cases/stenberg-v-carhart-2000.md) — U.S. Supreme Court; Effectively overruled by Gonzales v. Carhart
- [No. 15 — Hill v. Colorado (2000)](cases/hill-v-colorado-2000.md) — U.S. Supreme Court; Doubtful
- [No. 16 — Ayotte v. Planned Parenthood of Northern New England (2006)](cases/ayotte-v-planned-parenthood-2006.md) — U.S. Supreme Court; Good law on remedial question
- [No. 17 — Gonzales v. Carhart (2007)](cases/gonzales-v-carhart-2007.md) — U.S. Supreme Court; Good law
- [No. 18 — McCullen v. Coakley (2014)](cases/mccullen-v-coakley-2014.md) — U.S. Supreme Court; Good law
- [No. 19 — Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt (2016)](cases/whole-womans-health-v-hellerstedt-2016.md) — U.S. Supreme Court; Superseded by Dobbs
- [No. 20 — NIFLA v. Becerra (2018)](cases/nifla-v-becerra-2018.md) — U.S. Supreme Court; Good law
- [No. 21 — Box v. Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky (2019)](cases/box-v-planned-parenthood-indiana-2019.md) — U.S. Supreme Court; Good law
- [No. 22 — June Medical Services v. Russo (2020)](cases/june-medical-services-v-russo-2020.md) — U.S. Supreme Court; Superseded by Dobbs
- [No. 23 — Whole Woman's Health v. Jackson (2021)](cases/whole-womans-health-v-jackson-2021.md) — U.S. Supreme Court; Good law on procedural questions
- [No. 24 — Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization (2022)](cases/dobbs-v-jackson-2022.md) — U.S. Supreme Court; Controlling law
- [No. 25 — LePage v. Center for Reproductive Medicine (2024)](cases/lepage-v-center-reproductive-medicine-2024.md) — Alabama Supreme Court; Formally in force but practically superseded by Alabama SB 159
- [No. 26 — FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine (2024)](cases/fda-v-alliance-hippocratic-medicine-2024.md) — U.S. Supreme Court; Good law on standing
- [No. 27 — Moyle v. United States (2024)](cases/moyle-v-united-states-2024.md) — U.S. Supreme Court; Writs dismissed as improvidently granted
- [No. 28 — Louisiana v. FDA (2026)](cases/louisiana-v-fda-2026.md) — U.S. Supreme Court (order); Order in force