Whole Woman’s Health v. Jackson — Online Journal — Columbia Undergraduate Law Review

Current Events | Supreme Court (In)action on Texas’s S.B. 8: The Growing Vulnerability of Abortion Rights

Last month, plaintiffs in Whole Woman’s Health v. Jackson filed an emergency request to block Texas’s new law prohibiting nearly all abortions. [1] On September 1, the Supreme Court denied their request, allowing the nation’s most restrictive abortion law to go into effect. To fully grasp this case’s significance, it is necessary to examine the content of the Court’s decision, the dissents, and the key legal questions that the judgment leaves behind.

Isabel CoberlySeptember 23, 2021abortion rights, Roe v. Wade, Whole Woman’s Health v. Jackson, shadow docket, Texas, U.S. Constitutional Law, women’s rights, U.S. Supreme Court, S.B. 8