Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
gptkbp:arguedDate 2021-12-01
gptkbp:category United States constitutional case law
2022 in United States case law
Mississippi law case
Reproductive rights case
United States Supreme Court abortion case
gptkbp:challenge gptkb:Mississippi_Gestational_Age_Act
gptkbp:citation gptkb:597_U.S._____(2022)
gptkbp:concurringOpinionBy gptkb:Brett_Kavanaugh
gptkb:John_Roberts
gptkb:Clarence_Thomas
gptkbp:date 2022-06-24
gptkbp:decidedBy gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:defendant gptkb:Thomas_E._Dobbs
gptkbp:dissentingOpinionBy gptkb:Sonia_Sotomayor
gptkb:Elena_Kagan
gptkb:Stephen_Breyer
gptkbp:docketNumber 19-1392
gptkbp:effect Returned authority to regulate abortion to individual states
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Thomas_E._Dobbs,_State_Health_Officer_of_the_Mississippi_Department_of_Health,_et_al._v._Jackson_Women’s_Health_Organization,_et_al.
gptkbp:heldBy The Constitution does not confer a right to abortion; Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey are overruled; authority to regulate abortion is returned to the states.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization
gptkbp:impact Triggered abortion bans in several states
Prompted legal challenges and new state legislation
gptkbp:involvedState gptkb:Mississippi
gptkbp:legalIssue Are all pre-viability prohibitions on elective abortions unconstitutional?
gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy gptkb:Amy_Coney_Barrett
gptkb:Brett_Kavanaugh
gptkb:John_Roberts_(in_judgment_only)
gptkb:Clarence_Thomas
gptkb:Neil_Gorsuch
gptkb:Samuel_Alito
gptkbp:mediaCoverage Extensive national and international attention
gptkbp:originatedIn gptkb:Mississippi
gptkbp:overruledBy gptkb:Roe_v._Wade
gptkb:Planned_Parenthood_v._Casey
gptkbp:plaintiff gptkb:Jackson_Women’s_Health_Organization
gptkbp:precedentChanged Abortion rights under federal law
gptkbp:publicReaction Widespread protests and demonstrations
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Roe_v._Wade
gptkb:Planned_Parenthood_v._Casey
gptkbp:result Upheld Mississippi law banning most abortions after 15 weeks
gptkbp:subject gptkb:constitutional_law
abortion law
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:ACLU
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6