At issue were a host of abortion restrictions legislated by the state of Pennsylvania in the late ‘80s. They included “informed consent” before having an abortion (which mainly just involves some asshole trying to talk the woman out of her decision), waiting twenty-four hours before getting the procedure (again, just making people feel bad about it), obtaining parental consent if the patient is a minor (because, you know, anytime you can make teenage pregnancy harder, why not), and requiring married women to notify their husband before having the procedure (I already explained what
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