.Case that pave the way for women to have the right to choose an abortion.The provisions of the Georgia statute establishing residency requirements for women seeking abortions and requiring that the procedure be performed in a hospital accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals were declared constitutionally invalid.The Supreme Court ruled that it is unconstitutional to require all women under the age of 18 to obtain parental consent in writing prior to obtaining an abortion.The Supreme Court reaffirmed the constitutional right of women to have an abortion before viability of the fetus, as first accunciated in Roe. v. Wade.The state has power to restrict abortions after fetal viability, as long as the law contains exceptions for pregnancies that endanger a woman's life or health
