7 canonical passages across 4 cases, quoted by 21 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side — they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Whole Woman's Health v. David Lakey.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whole Woman's Health v. David Lakey Anchor | green | “regulating previability abor- tion is constitutional if: (1) it does not have the purpose or effect of placing a substantial obstacle in the path of a woman seeking an abortion of a nonviable fetus; and (2) it is reasonably related to (or designed to further) a legiti- cite as: …” | 3 |
| 2 | Planned Parenthood of Wiscons v. Brad D. Schimel | green | “complications from an abortion are both rare and rarely dangerous.” | 3 |
| 3 | Planned Parenthood of Wiscons v. Brad D. Schimel | green | “do little or nothing for health, but rather strew impediments to abortion,” | 3 |
| 4 | Whole Woman's Health v. Lakey | green | “abortion, as regulated by the state before the en- actment of house bill 2, has been shown to be much safer, in terms of minor and serious complications, than many common medical procedures not subject to such intense regulation and scrutiny.” | 3 |
| 5 | Whole Woman's Health v. Lakey | green | “admitting-privileges requirement, . . . in conjunction with the ambulatory-surgical-center require- ment, imposes an undue burden on the right of women in the rio grande valley, el paso, and west texas to seek a previability abortion.” | 3 |
| 6 | Whole Woman's Health v. Lakey | green | “many of the building standards mandated by the act and its im- 32 whole woman's health v. hellerstedt opinion of the court plementing rules have such a tangential relationship to patient safety in the context of abortion as to be nearly arbitrary.” | 3 |
| 7 | Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas Surgical Health Services v. Abbott | green | “at least one-third of the state's licensed providers would stop providing abortions once the privileges requirement took effect.” | 3 |
A red or yellow flag on a member means the underlying case has negative treatment — for those, check the case page before relying on the passage.