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

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The Mississippi Department of Health in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization was the state agency defending Mississippi’s restrictive abortion law in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case that ultimately overturned Roe v. Wade.

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Label	Occurrences
Mississippi Department of Health in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization canonical	1
State of Mississippi in his official capacity in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T738834 — 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: Mississippi Department of Health in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization
Context triple: [Thomas E. Dobbs, represented, Mississippi Department of Health in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization]

A. Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization
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.
B. Mississippi Gestational Age Act
The Mississippi Gestational Age Act is a 2018 Mississippi law that bans most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy and served as the central statute in the U.S. Supreme Court case that overturned Roe v. Wade.
C. Planned Parenthood v. Casey
Planned Parenthood v. Casey is a landmark 1992 U.S. Supreme Court decision that reaffirmed the constitutional right to abortion while allowing greater state regulation under the “undue burden” standard.
D. Alabama v. Shelton
Alabama v. Shelton is a 2002 U.S. Supreme Court case that held a suspended sentence that may result in imprisonment cannot be imposed unless the defendant was afforded the right to counsel.
E. Mississippi University for Women v. Hogan
Mississippi University for Women v. Hogan is a 1982 U.S. Supreme Court case that struck down a state-supported women-only nursing school policy as unconstitutional sex discrimination under the Equal Protection Clause.
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: Mississippi Department of Health in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization
Target entity description: The Mississippi Department of Health in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization was the state agency defending Mississippi’s restrictive abortion law in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case that ultimately overturned Roe v. Wade.

A. Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization
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.
B. Mississippi Gestational Age Act
The Mississippi Gestational Age Act is a 2018 Mississippi law that bans most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy and served as the central statute in the U.S. Supreme Court case that overturned Roe v. Wade.
C. Planned Parenthood v. Casey
Planned Parenthood v. Casey is a landmark 1992 U.S. Supreme Court decision that reaffirmed the constitutional right to abortion while allowing greater state regulation under the “undue burden” standard.
D. Alabama v. Shelton
Alabama v. Shelton is a 2002 U.S. Supreme Court case that held a suspended sentence that may result in imprisonment cannot be imposed unless the defendant was afforded the right to counsel.
E. Mississippi University for Women v. Hogan
Mississippi University for Women v. Hogan is a 1982 U.S. Supreme Court case that struck down a state-supported women-only nursing school policy as unconstitutional sex discrimination under the Equal Protection Clause.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	defendant ⓘ legal party ⓘ state agency party in litigation ⓘ
argumentBasis	historical and traditional limits on abortion rights ⓘ stare decisis should not preserve Roe and Casey ⓘ state sovereignty over abortion regulation ⓘ
associatedWith	Mississippi State Department of Health ⓘ
caseCitation	Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization ⓘ surface form: Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, 597 U.S. ___ (2022)
caseHeardBy	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
caseOutcomeRelatedTo	Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision of June 24, 2022 ⓘ overruling of Planned Parenthood v. Casey ⓘ overruling of Roe v. Wade ⓘ
connectedDoctrine	federalism in abortion regulation ⓘ stare decisis ⓘ substantive due process ⓘ
connectedTo	United States abortion law jurisprudence ⓘ post-Dobbs state abortion regulation authority ⓘ
defendedLaw	Mississippi Gestational Age Act ⓘ
defendedLawProvision	ban on most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy ⓘ
functionInCase	enforcement authority for Mississippi’s abortion regulations ⓘ
jurisdiction	State of Mississippi ⓘ
legalIssue	constitutionality of pre-viability abortion bans ⓘ scope of substantive due process under the Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ whether the U.S. Constitution confers a right to abortion ⓘ
legalPosition	argued that states may prohibit pre-viability abortions ⓘ asked the Court to overrule Planned Parenthood v. Casey ⓘ asked the Court to overrule Roe v. Wade ⓘ urged the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold Mississippi’s Gestational Age Act ⓘ
litigationStage	United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ⓘ surface form: Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ surface form: U.S. Supreme Court district court ⓘ
namedPartyType	official-capacity state agency defendant ⓘ
opposedBy	Jackson Women’s Health Organization ⓘ abortion providers in Mississippi ⓘ
partOf	Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization ⓘ
representedBy	Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch ⓘ Mississippi Attorney General’s Office ⓘ
represents	State of Mississippi’s interest in enforcing abortion regulations ⓘ
role	defended Mississippi’s abortion law ⓘ
seeks	reversal of lower court decisions invalidating the Gestational Age Act ⓘ validation of Mississippi’s authority to restrict abortions after 15 weeks ⓘ
side	petitioner in the U.S. Supreme Court proceedings ⓘ
timeframe	U.S. Supreme Court decision issued June 24, 2022 ⓘ

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Thomas E. Dobbs, State Health Officer of the Mississippi Department of Health → represented → Mississippi Department of Health in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization ⓘ

subject surface form: Thomas E. Dobbs