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Mark Tushnet, Has the U.S. Supreme Court Effectively Overruled Roe v. Wade?, Verfassungsblog (Sept. 3, 2021).


Abstract: "Late in the evening of September 1 the U.S. Supreme Court issued an order that many critics have described as effectively overruling Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision holding that the U.S. Constitution protected a woman’s right to choose to have an abortion. That description, though technically inaccurate, does capture something important about the Court’s order: It made abortions unavailable as a practical matter for many women in Texas who would have had access to abortion services had the Court issued a different order."