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Legal Citation: 443 U.S. 622 (1979)

Appellant
Francis X. Bellotti, Attorney General of Massachusetts

Appellee
William R. Baird, Jr.

Appellant's Claim
Massachusetts' Act to Protect Unborn Children and Maternal Health is constitutional even if minor women are not permitted to have an abortion without parental consent and cannot obtain a court order permitting abortion without notification of parents.

Chief Lawyer for Appellant
Gerrick F. Cole

Chief Lawyers for Appellee
Joseph J. Balliro, John H. Henn

Justices for the Court
Harry A. Blackmun, William J. Brennan, Jr., Warren E. Burger, Thurgood Marshall, Lewis F. Powell, Jr. (writing for the Court), William H. Rehnquist, John Paul Stevens, Potter Stewart

Justices Dissenting
Byron R. White

Place
Washington, D.C.

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