Diana Kasdan

3 weeks ago | statecourtreport.org | Alicia Bannon |Mary Ziegler |Julia R. Livingston |Diana Kasdan

This month marks the third anniversary of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization,in which the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and held that there was no federal constitutional right to abortion. The Court said it was returning decisions about abortion regulation “to the people and their elected representatives.” Strikingly, the decision didn’t mention state courts.

1 month ago | statecourtreport.org | Mary Ziegler |Alicia Bannon |Julia R. Livingston |Diana Kasdan

An intermediate appellate court in Florida teed up a major constitutional clash that could reshape abortion access and state law on parental and fetal rights. The case, Doe v. Uthmeier, began as a run-of-the-mill judicial bypass case — when a minor petitions a court for approval to do something that would usually require parental consent. In the 1970s, in the aftermath of Roe v.