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3 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 78 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 Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pa. v. Casey.

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1 Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pa. v. Casey Anchor
scotus · 1992
red “a finding of an undue burden is a shorthand for the conclusion that a state regulation has the purpose or effect of placing a substantial obstacle in the path of a woman seeking an abortion of a nonviable fetus.” 34
2 Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pa. v. Casey
scotus · 1992
red “the proper focus of constitutional inquiry is the group for whom the law is a restriction, not the group for whom the law is irrelevant.” 31
3 Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin, Inc. v. Van Hollen
ca7 · 2013
green “the feebler the medical grounds, the likelier the burden, even if slight, to be 'undue' in the sense of disproportionate or gratuitous.” 13

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