There have been many federal court cases dealing with abortion. This libguide only mentions some of the biggest US Supreme Court cases. On the legislative front, also see the Hyde Amendment page of this libguide.
Held that Title XIX does not require a participating State to pay for those medically necessary abortions for which federal reimbursement is unavailable under the Hyde Amendment.
2019 US Supreme Court case allowing law requiring cremation of fetal remains to stand, but striking down law outlawing abortions for sex, race or disability reasons.
US Supreme Court will decide in 2024 if Whether the Supreme Court should stay the order by the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho enjoining the enforcement of Idaho’s Defense of Life Act, which prohibits abortions unless necessary to save the life of the mother, on the ground that the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act preempts it.
The Supreme Court grants cert on whether the pandemic rules for sending mifepristone through the mail were arbitrary, but denies cert on whether the FDA's original approval of abortion pill was arbitrary.
