Contrary to pro-life hopes, the increasingly conservative judges that heard the original 1973 case, did not on its face overturn Roe v Wade. The effect, Planned Parenthood v Casey demanded that all patients that are undergoing the thought of an abortion have the information and the consent to make a well informed decision. The Supreme Court upheld all but the spousal notification requirement stating that that requirement placed the woman in undue harm and subjected them to physical and emotional distress. The holding in Casey reaffirmed the states duty to provide assistance but not to infringe on the privacy and reproductive rights of its female citizens. We have seen in Roe v Wade along with Planned Parenthood v Casey, the desire to protect
