Beal v. Doe

Beal v. Doe
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued January 11, 1977 Decided June 20, 1977
Full case name	Beal, Secretary, Department of Public Welfare of Pennsylvania, et al. v. Doe et al.
Citations	432 U.S. 438 (more) 97 S. Ct. 2366; 53 L. Ed. 2d 464
Holding
The constitutionally protected right of abortion does not mean that states have to treat potential motherhood and abortion in the same manner.
Court membership
Chief Justice Warren E. Burger Associate Justices William J. Brennan Jr. · Potter Stewart Byron White · Thurgood Marshall Harry Blackmun · Lewis F. Powell Jr. William Rehnquist · John P. Stevens
Case opinions
Majority	Powell, joined by Burger, Stewart, White, Rehnquist, Stevens
Dissent	Brennan, joined by Marshall, Blackmun
Dissent	Marshall
Dissent	Blackmun, joined by Brennan, Marshall

Beal v. Doe, 432 U.S. 438 (1977), was a United States Supreme Court case that concerned the disbursement of federal funds in Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania statute restricted federal funding to abortion clinics. The Supreme Court ruled states are not required to treat abortion in the same manner as potential motherhood. The opinion of the Court left the central holding of the Roe v. Wade decision – abortion as a right – intact. The statute was upheld, with Justice Powell writing the majority opinion.