against a Missouri law that placed certain restrictions on abortions. The laws challenged were as follows: 1) Parental consent on a minors abortion. 2) Husband's consent on a married woman's abortion. 3) The woman's written informed consent. 4) No second trimester abortions be done by saline amniocentesis. 5) The abortion providers must do certain record keeping and reporting . This case, Planned Parenthood v. Danforth, occurred because many people thought that these laws denied the woman's absolute right to have an abortion. Having third party consent should not be required for a woman to have an abortion.
             In the final ruling, it was decided that parental and spousal consent were unconstitutional because it gave third parties a right to veto a woman's choice to have an abortion. The record keeping and the woman's certification were upheld, as was the use of saline amniocentesis, which was supposedly the safest method available . In this case, the court held firm to its stand in Roe v. Wade, that a woman's decision to have an abortion was secured under the Constitution.
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