I spoke on a “Post-Dobbs: The Path Ahead” panel at Philadelphia Bar Association’s Bench Bar Conference this year and all I could see looking out into the audience were dropped jaws. Everyone’s face was stuck in a perpetual state of disbelief (maybe because it was the last session!) with an occasional wince and glance at their neighbor to their left or right. The ramifications of the Dobbs decision will have a rippling effect on many communities and our society as a whole, some intended and others not at all, and we’re just now starting to see the impact unfold.

For years there was unfounded disbelief that Roe v. Wade could get overturned and now that it has been and that 50 years or well-settled precedent has been disturbed, we all still reeling and trying best to cope with what’s the come.

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