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

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More of the same.

“The trend in the Territories that would become the last 13 States was similar: All of them criminalized abortion at all stages of pregnancy between 1850 (the Kingdom of Hawaii) and 1919 (New Mexico). See Appendix B, infra; see also Casey, 505 U.S., at 952 (Rehnquist, C.J., concurring in judgment in part and dissenting in part); Dellapenna 317–319.”

One claim isolated from citations:

• “All of them criminalized abortion at all stages of pregnancy between 1850 (the Kingdom of Hawaii) and 1919 (New Mexico).”

Lots more history and a bunch more sources:

• Appendix B, infra;
• Casey, 505 U.S., at 952 (Rehnquist, C.J., concurring in judgment in part and dissenting in part);
• Dellapenna 317–319.

My experience for the last half-dozen sentences or so reminds me of one of my purposes in this project: to get myself back in the habit of withholding judgment when I read things—to not assume I’ve gained knowledge just because I read something that seems true (or false).

This kind of care isn’t possible with all information or in all situations, but nobody is counting on me to come to a quick conclusion. I have the luxury of the time it takes to be cautious and thorough, so I might as well practice that approach rather than push ideas I haven’t fully vetted.

This is a slow process and involves a lot of initial neutrality, but that’s the point. Sometimes it’s difficult to remember that. A quarter century (almost thirty years, really) of internet argument has broken my brain, and this is how I fix it.