Webster v. Reproductive Health Services
United States Supreme Court
492 U.S. 490 (1989)
Relevant factsFree
A Missouri statute required physicians to test a fetus's viability before performing an abortion on a woman at least 20 weeks pregnant, barring the abortion if the fetus proved viable, and the constitutionality of that requirement reached the Supreme Court.
IssueFree
Whether a state may require physicians to test fetal viability before performing an abortion on a woman who is at least 20 weeks pregnant.