THOMAS E. DOBBS, STATE HEALTH OFFICER OF THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, ET AL., PETITIONERS v. JACKSON WOMEN’S HEALTH ORGANIZATION, ET AL., 597 U.S. 215


Summary

Holdings: [1]-Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973), and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, 505 U.S. 833 (1992), were overruled as Constitution did not reference abortion, and right was neither implicitly protected by a constitutional provision, deeply rooted in Nation's history and tradition, implicit in ordered liberty concept, nor justified as component of broader entrenched right; [2]-Stare decisis did not compel continued acceptance where, inter alia, Roe usurped power to address a profound, important moral and social question unequivocally left to the people, the reasoning was exceptionally weak, precise lines as to permissible restrictions were impossible, and courts could not evaluate the social and economic beliefs; [3]-Constitutional challenge to Miss. Code Ann. 41-41-191 (2018) failed given the State's legitimate interest in protecting the life of the unborn.