Demonstrations outside the U.S. Supreme Court on the day of arguments in the case Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, No. 19- 1392, challenging a Mississippi law enacted in 2018 that bans abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, on Dec. 1, 2021. Photo: Diego M. Radzinschi/ALM A 'Catastrophe' or 'New Era'? Legal Community Reacts as SCOTUS Rescinds Abortion Precedents
Critics accused the Republican justices of going back on their word about stare decisis, while supporters of the ruling said Roe was bad law.
June 24, 2022 at 12:49 PM
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United States Supreme Court
Friday's U.S. Supreme Court opinion overturning two landmark precedents enshrining abortion as a constitutional right quickly sparked a firestorm of commentary from the legal community.
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