State supreme courts have a relatively low profile in the US. That’s going to change now that they will be under political pressure to decide whether abortion is protected in state constitutions.
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By a 6 to 3 majority, the Supreme Court decided to overrule the landmark Roe decision and end almost 50 years of access to abortion being a constitution right.
Scholars explain how the Supreme Court’s ruling on abortion is likely to affect women’s health.
The Supreme Court on June 24, 2022, issued a ruling that overturned decades of constitutional abortion rights for women in the US. Scholars explain the significance of the decision.
A bioethicist explains the four ethical principles that guide medical practitioners’ thinking about abortion, such as autonomy and justice.
A scholar writes about how the Southern Baptist Convention’s views on abortion changed during the 1980s, when a more conservative wing seized control of the denomination.
Views on abortion differ not only among major religious traditions, but within each one.
Americans have long said they generally support abortion rights, but understanding specific breakdowns of opinion across demographics, and the history of abortion beliefs, is also important.
Conservative Christians have cheered restrictions on some birth control. But many decades ago, Christian leaders’ support helped contraceptives become acceptable in the first place.
The potential reversal of Roe v. Wade should serve as a stark warning to the power the high courts hold to transform societal conditions.
Data privacy is an abstract issue for most people, even though virtually everyone is at risk. Now that abortion may become illegal in some states, digital surveillance could take an even darker turn.
The definition of personhood is a key and contested philosophical issue that has made legalized abortion such a longstanding controversy.
These nonprofits help with abortion access, but on average they don’t cover all costs, researchers have found.
Overturning this landmark US Supreme Court ruling would set back reproductive justice for women around the world.
We need more health workers and public hospitals to provide abortions, a common and essential health service.
The end of Roe v. Wade would dramatically impact reproductive rights in the US. It would also likely have symbolic consequences globally.
If the Supreme Court guts landmark rulings that established a constitutional right to abortion, the legal struggle will shift to statehouses and state courtrooms.
A draft opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito suggests that a majority of the court may overturn the landmark 1973 ruling that guaranteed the constitutional right to abortion in the US.
A sociologist found in her research that many Americans who are opposed to abortion may nonetheless be willing to support a friend or family member seeking one.
We looked at almost 300,000 births and found those mothers in the private system were more likely to have a caesarean – even if they didn’t really want or need one.
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Professor of Bioethics and Humanities, School of Medicine, University of Washington
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Senior Lecturer in Sociology, Aston University
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Senior Lecturer in US History, College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, Flinders University
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Ph.D candidate, INSPIRE Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow, Sciences Po
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Professor of Sociology and Women's Studies, University of Florida
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Professor of Law, George Washington University
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Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Colorado Boulder
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Senior Lecturer in Politics, University of Liverpool
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Professor of Law, University of Virginia
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Professor of Political Science, University of Guelph
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Professor of Jewish Studies, Interim Academic Dean and Vice-President for Academic Affairs, Chicago Theological Seminary
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Professor, Universidad de Costa Rica
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Assistant Professor and Canada Research Chair in the Politics of Reproduction, University of Waterloo
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Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, James Cook University
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Senior Lecturer, UNSW Sydney
