Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization: Reckoning with its Impact and Charting a Path Forward

Hillary Schneller, Diana Kasdan, Risa E. Kaufman & Alexander Wilson* | 25.5 | Citation: Hillary Schneller et al., Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization: Reckoning with its Impact and Charting a Path Forward, 25 U. Pa. J. Const. L. 1002 (2023).

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Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization undid 50 years of precedent guaranteeing the constitutional right to abortion in the United States. At the one-year anniversary of the decision, and as the devastating consequences continue to play out across the country, this article analyzes Dobbs and its impact. It also charts a way forward for rebuilding a more robust Fourteenth Amendment jurisprudence. It draws on the authors’ individual perspective and expertise, and the Center for Reproductive Rights’ role as lead counsel in the case and as a global human rights organization advancing reproductive rights in the United States and around the world.

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* The authors each held positions at the Center for Reproductive Rights while drafting this article.