Dr. Linda Roland Danil, Department of Surgery, Fitzwilliam College, University of Cambridge On June 24, 2022, the United States Supreme Court ended the Constitutional right to abortion in the case of Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization. The Court’s majority decision, authored by Justice Samuel Alito, was largely the same as the draft opinion that … Continue reading A Few Words on the Overturning of the Constitutional Right to Abortion in Roe v Wade (1973)

Candace Johnson, University of Guelph, Canada Abstract The leaked US Supreme Court draft decision revealed what was to come less than two months later: Roe v. Wade would be overturned, and with it, constitutional protections for women’s right to an abortion. In this article I argue that the effects of the loss of the right to abortion are significant for American … Continue reading Drafting Injustice: Overturning Roe v. Wade, Spillover Effects, and Reproductive Rights in Context