Dobbs, Democracy, and Distortion

Authors

Melissa Murray, New York University School of LawFollow

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On June 24, 2022, the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey —once the twin pillars of its abortion jurisprudence—in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. In so doing, Justice Samuel Alito’s majority opinion noted that the right to an abortion was unmoored from constitutional text and was not “rooted in the history or traditions of this country.” In such circumstances, the majority opinion insisted, democratic deliberation was the proper mechanism for resolving the competing interests at stake in the abortion debate. As such, the Dobbs majority insisted that “it is time to heed the Constitution and return the issue of abortion to the people’s elected representatives.”

First Page

312

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1525/9780520396784-057

Source Publication

Fighting Mad: Resisting the End of Roe v Wade

Source Editors/Authors

Rickie Solinger, Krystale E. Littlejohn

Publication Date

3-19-2024

Publisher

University of California Press

Recommended Citation

Melissa Murray, Dobbs, Democracy, and Distortion, Fighting Mad: Resisting the End of Roe v Wade 312 (2024).
Available at: https://gretchen.law.nyu.edu/fac-chapt/2111