On June 24, 2022, the United States Supreme Court released its decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, overturning the constitutional right to abortion. In so doing, they turned back the clock, looking almost exclusively at reproductive rights from the lens of the mid-1800s and earlier to determine whether the Constitution confers a right to abortion.

Supreme Court Strips Americans of Constitutional Right to Abortion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization Decision
Court signals threat to marriage equality, contraception, and private intimacy
LWVUS Press Release / Last Updated: June 24, 2022
https://tinyurl.com/23bfhpzb
Explaining SCOTUS's Abortion Decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization
LWVUS Blog / Last Updated: July 22, 2022
https://tinyurl.com/yc6yt6b4

LWV-WC President's statement: The US Supreme Court has eliminated the constitutional right to an abortion, overturning Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey. While we thought this was coming, there was still hope. Now the hurt is real and severe . . . I would like to remind you of the LWVUS position on reproductive rights.