Casey curtailed Roe’s abortion right without formally overruling it

Evidence

The Court’s decision in Casey, however, defied expectations, satisfying neither pro-life nor pro-choice groups. On the one hand, the Court circumscribed the constitutional right announced in Roe, with five justices upholding all provisions of the Pennsylvania law except the TABLE 10. — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 3044

Categorization

• XREF: Directly connects to the course’s theme of how competing judicial philosophies constrain precedent and how split coalitions reshape doctrine.