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Legal Citation: 476 U.S. 747 (1986)

Appellant
Richard Thornburgh, U.S. Attorney General

Appellee
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists

Appellant's Claim
That new regulations imposed by Pennsylvania on abortion do not unconstitutionally restrict a woman's right to have an abortion.

Chief Lawyer for Appellant
Andrew S. Gordon

Chief Lawyer for Appellee
Kathryn Kolbert

Justices for the Court
Harry A. Blackmun (writing for the Court), William J. Brennan, Jr., Thurgood Marshall, Lewis F. Powell, Jr., John Paul Stevens

Justices Dissenting
Warren E. Burger, Sandra Day O'Connor, William H. Rehnquist, Byron R. White

Place
Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision
11 June 1986

Decision
The Supreme Court struck down the regulations.