After Roe the Supreme Court closely policed abortion laws for two decades unlike post-Brown

Evidence

In contrast with school desegregation, where the Supreme Court virtually withdrew for a decade after announcing its ruling in Brown, the Court remained actively involved with abortion policy. In the first two decades after Roe, the justices ruled on 21 abortion cases. From 1973 to 1986, the Court consistently reaffirmed its basic holding and closely policed state efforts to curtail the right recognized in Roe. Thus, it invalidated requirements for spousal and parental consent, counseling, hospitalization, and various regulations of abortion procedures. Only governmental refusals to fund abortions and a requirement that parents be notified before a minor could receive an abortion survived the Court’s scrutiny. — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 3142

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Roe nullified abortion statutes in forty-six states nationwide — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 3113; After Roe the Court stayed active policing abortion law, unlike after Brown. — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 1621