Interjurisdictional Abortion Wars in the Post-Roe Era

Authors

Maya Manian, American University Washington College of LawFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

5-2022

Journal

The Journal of Things We Like (Lots)

Issue

5

First Page

1

Last Page

2

Abstract

The Supreme Court appears poised to overrule fifty years of precedent holding that pre-viability prohibitions on abortion are unconstitutional. In a leaked draft opinion of Dobbs v. Jackson Women Health Organization, Justice Alito proclaims that Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey must be overruled and abortion left to the states to regulate. During oral argument in Dobbs, Justice Kavanaugh suggested that overturning Roe would return the Court to a postion of "neutrality" on abortion. Justice Kavanaugh's assertion falls in line with claims by anti-abortion jurists that reversing Roe would simplify abortion law by returning the issue to the states and getting the federal courts out of the hot-button issue of abortion.

Recommended Citation

Maya Manian, Interjurisdictional Abortion Wars in the Post-Roe Era, The Journal of Things We Like (Lots) 1 (2022).
Available at: https://digitalcommons.wcl.american.edu/facsch_lawrev/2118