Massachusetts law on parental consent declared unconstitutional; where a state requires a minor to obtain parental consent before procuring abortion, there must also be an alternative procedure for a minor to procure ...

La sanidad pública condenada por retrasar el aborto ​de una mujer que perdió su útero por culpa de la objeción de conciencia médica

Upheld constitutionality of 1986 law allowing abortions up to 12 weeks' gestation; abortions for “genetic” reasons such as fetal abnormalities allowed after 12 weeks

Prohibition of fetal sex disclosure is limited to before 32 weeks' gestation.

Abortion is decriminalized within 24 weeks of gestation

Females forced into an armed group who suffer forced contraception or forced abortion qualify as "victims" in reparations law after armed conflict.

State must provide accurate information; three state officials must correct false information about emergency contraception, abortion and conscientious objection

[Conscientious objection is not an absolute right; it is only allowed when there is another capable health provider is available soon enough to avoid risking the woman’s life or health.]

Proportionality principle requires that criminalization be avoided when the state has less restrictive means to secure the same values

Court upheld as constitutional a new law decriminalizing abortion on three grounds: imminent risk to life of mother; fatal fetal disease and pregnancy resulting from rape, but institutions can invoke conscientious objection.