The Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization overturned Roe v. Wade and concluded that the Fourteenth Amendment’s Due Process clause does not protect a fundamental right to terminate a pregnancy. This will put an end to cases questioning whether a given set of abortion regulations constitute an “undue burden” on a woman’s right […]
How states are reacting to Roe v. Wade being overturned. Since last Friday’s Supreme Court ruling that upended reproductive freedom in America, states have been moving to either restrict or protect abortion access. Passing new bans on abortions will take at least a little time. But a number of states had “trigger laws”—bans set to […]
The basic argument against abortion was succinctly expressed just six weeks ago by Florida Sen. Rick Scott in the pages of The Wall Street Journal when he boldly pronounced that “the Republican position on abortion is based on a fundamental belief that life begins at conception.” Leaving aside exactly what conception means—is it the same as […]
In reaction to today’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health, overruling Roe v. Wade, advocacy groups are raising alarms about the potential implications for other rights. Some analysts are pointing specifically to Justice Thomas’s concurring opinion, which calls for a reexamination of substantive due process precedents like Griswold v. Connecticut (1965), Lawrence v. Texas (2003), and Obergefell v. Hodges (2015). […]
The Biden Administration is reportedly considering a range of executive actions to safeguard abortion rights if, as anticipated, the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade in the Dobbs case this term. The New York Times reports that the White House has been consulting with various legal academics on various steps the Administration could take. The White House […]