Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization

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United States Supreme Court case landmark decision

Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization is the 2022 U.S. Supreme Court decision that overturned Roe v. Wade and ended the federal constitutional right to abortion.

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Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization	2
Dobbs	1
Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision	1
Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization majority opinion	1
Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, 597 U.S. ___ (2022)	1
Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, et al.	1
Jackson Women’s Health Organization	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16933 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization
Context triple: [Supreme Court of the United States, notableCase, Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization]

A. Roe v. Wade
Roe v. Wade was a landmark 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision that recognized a constitutional right to abortion, profoundly shaping American law and politics until it was overturned in 2022.
B. Marbury v. Madison
Marbury v. Madison is the landmark 1803 U.S. Supreme Court case that established the principle of judicial review, empowering federal courts to strike down laws that violate the Constitution.
C. United States v. Virginia (1996) majority opinion
The United States v. Virginia (1996) majority opinion is a landmark Supreme Court decision, authored by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, that struck down the Virginia Military Institute’s male-only admissions policy as unconstitutional sex discrimination under the Equal Protection Clause.
D. Brown v. Board of Education
Brown v. Board of Education is the landmark 1954 U.S. Supreme Court decision that declared racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional, overturning the “separate but equal” doctrine.
E. Bush v. Gore
Bush v. Gore is the landmark 2000 U.S. Supreme Court decision that effectively resolved the disputed presidential election between George W. Bush and Al Gore by halting the Florida recount.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization
Target entity description: Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization is the 2022 U.S. Supreme Court decision that overturned Roe v. Wade and ended the federal constitutional right to abortion.

A. Roe v. Wade
Roe v. Wade was a landmark 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision that recognized a constitutional right to abortion, profoundly shaping American law and politics until it was overturned in 2022.
B. Marbury v. Madison
Marbury v. Madison is the landmark 1803 U.S. Supreme Court case that established the principle of judicial review, empowering federal courts to strike down laws that violate the Constitution.
C. United States v. Virginia (1996) majority opinion
The United States v. Virginia (1996) majority opinion is a landmark Supreme Court decision, authored by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, that struck down the Virginia Military Institute’s male-only admissions policy as unconstitutional sex discrimination under the Equal Protection Clause.
D. Brown v. Board of Education
Brown v. Board of Education is the landmark 1954 U.S. Supreme Court decision that declared racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional, overturning the “separate but equal” doctrine.
E. Bush v. Gore
Bush v. Gore is the landmark 2000 U.S. Supreme Court decision that effectively resolved the disputed presidential election between George W. Bush and Al Gore by halting the Florida recount.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Supreme Court case ⓘ landmark decision ⓘ
arguedDate	2021-12-01 ⓘ
citation	142 S. Ct. 2228 (2022) ⓘ 213 L. Ed. 2d 545 (2022) ⓘ 597 U.S. ___ (2022) ⓘ
concurringInJudgmentBy	John G. Roberts Jr. ⓘ
concurringOpinionBy	Brett M. Kavanaugh ⓘ Clarence Thomas ⓘ
constitutionalProvisionInterpreted	Due Process Clause ⓘ surface form: Fourteenth Amendment Due Process Clause Ninth Amendment (argued but rejected) ⓘ
court	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
decisionDate	2022-06-24 ⓘ
decisionType	majority opinion with concurrences and dissent ⓘ
dissentingOpinionBy	Elena Kagan ⓘ Sonia Sotomayor ⓘ Stephen G. Breyer ⓘ
docketNumber	19-1392 ⓘ
effect	overruled the undue burden standard of Planned Parenthood v. Casey. ⓘ overturned federal constitutional protection of abortion rights recognized in Roe v. Wade. ⓘ
fullName	Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, et al.
holding	The Constitution does not confer a right to abortion. ⓘ The authority to regulate abortion is returned to the people and their elected representatives. ⓘ
joinedMajorityBy	Amy Coney Barrett ⓘ Brett M. Kavanaugh ⓘ Clarence Thomas ⓘ Neil M. Gorsuch ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
lawChallenged	Mississippi law banning most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy ⓘ
legalIssue	Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ abortion ⓘ substantive due process ⓘ
majorityOpinionBy	Samuel A. Alito Jr. ⓘ
originatingCourt	United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ⓘ United States district courts ⓘ surface form: United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi
overruledCase	Planned Parenthood v. Casey ⓘ Roe v. Wade ⓘ
petitioner	Thomas E. Dobbs, State Health Officer of the Mississippi Department of Health ⓘ
relatedStatute	Mississippi Gestational Age Act ⓘ
respondent	Dr. Sacheen Carr-Ellis ⓘ Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Jackson Women’s Health Organization
shortName	Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Dobbs
stateInvolved	Mississippi ⓘ
subsequentImpact	enabled many U.S. states to ban or severely restrict abortion. ⓘ triggered activation of multiple state abortion trigger laws. ⓘ
termOfCourt	October Term 2021 ⓘ
topic	privacy rights ⓘ reproductive rights ⓘ
voteSplit	5–4 on overruling Roe and Casey ⓘ 6–3 on upholding the Mississippi law ⓘ

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