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 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

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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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Samuel A. Alito Jr. → authoredOpinion → Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization ⓘ

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Mississippi Department of Health in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization → caseCitation → Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization ⓘ

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Mississippi Department of Health in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization → partOf → Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization ⓘ

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Mississippi Gestational Age Act → relatedTo → Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization ⓘ

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