United States v. Vuitch

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United States v. Vuitch
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued January 12, 1971 Decided April 21, 1971
Full case name	United States v. Vuitch
Citations	402 U.S. 62 (more) 91 S. Ct. 1294; 28 L. Ed. 2d 601; 1971 U.S. LEXIS 50
Case history
Prior	305 F. Supp. 1032 (D.D.C. 1969)
Holding
The abortion statute of the District of Columbia, banning abortion except when necessary for the health or life of the woman, is not unconstitutionally vague.
Court membership
Chief Justice Warren E. Burger Associate Justices Hugo Black · William O. Douglas John M. Harlan II · William J. Brennan Jr. Potter Stewart · Byron White Thurgood Marshall · Harry Blackmun
Case opinions
Majority	Black, joined by Burger, White (in full); Douglas, Stewart (Part I (jurisdiction)); Harlan, Blackmun (Part II (merits))
Concurrence	White
Dissent	Douglas (as to merits)
Dissent	Harlan, joined by Brennan, Marshall, Blackmun (as to jurisdiction)
Dissent	Stewart (as to merits)
Dissent	Blackmun (as to jurisdiction)

United States v. Vuitch, 402 U.S. 62 (1971), was a United States Supreme Court abortion rights case, which held that the District of Columbia's abortion law banning the practice except when necessary for the health or life of the woman was not unconstitutionally vague.^[1]