 The justices delayed taking action on "Roe" and a closely related case, "Doe v. Bolton", until they had decided "Younger v. Harris" (because they felt the appeals raised difficult questions on judicial jurisdiction) and "United States v. Vuitch" (in which they considered the constitutionality of a District of Columbia statute that criminalized abortion except where the mother's life or health was endangered).In "Vuitch", the Court narrowly upheld the statute, though in doing so, it treated abortion as a medical procedure and stated that physicians must be given room to determine what constitutes a danger to (physical or mental) health.The day after they announced their decision in "Vuitch", they voted to hear both "Roe" and "Doe".