We read all the amicus briefs in Dobbs so you don’t have to
SCOTUSBlog
NOVEMBER 30, 2021
To the contrary, in the year it was ratified (1868), thirty of thirty-seven states explicitly criminalized abortion by statute.” Moreover, they write, “abortion was a longstanding common-law crime.”. Many amici focus on the principle of stare decisis – and urge the court not to follow it in this case. Separation of church and state.
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