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We read all the amicus briefs in Dobbs so you don’t have to

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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.”. They say Roe and Casey are not worthy of the deference that the court typically affords to its prior decisions.