As always, you can find the Dobbs v. Jackson decision here.

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The fifth paragraph in this subsection is one sentence long, and the only work that sentence does is to transition to the next line of thinking.

“With this new theory addressed, we turn to Casey’s bold assertion that the abortion right is an aspect of the “liberty” protected by the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. 505 U. S., at 846; Brief for Respondents 17; Brief for United States 21–22.”

These two claims can be boiled down to “what we did” and “what we’re going to do.” Or, in language closer to the Court’s:

We’ve addressed “this new theory.”

and

“[W]e [now] turn to Casey’s bold assertion that the abortion right is an aspect of the ‘liberty’ protected by the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.”

The first claim is true in that the new theory was mentioned and quickly dismissed. Whether it was thoroughly addressed is another question, but this claim isn’t that the new theory is exhaustively examined—just that it is addressed.

The second claim might (and probably will) prove to be true, but we won’t know until we read the next section. So until then, we have one true claim

We’ve addressed “this new theory.”

and one undetermined claim:

“[W]e [now] turn to Casey’s bold assertion that the abortion right is an aspect of the ‘liberty’ protected by the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.”