Monthly Archives: October 2023
Dobbs Sentences #102: Part II B 3
Paragraph 2 of 11 Sentence 1 of 3 One claim here, but a lot of checking to do: “Neither respondents nor the Solicitor General disputes the fact that by 1868 the vast majority of States criminalized abortion at all stages of pregnancy. See Brief for Petitioners 12–13; see also Brief for American Historical Association et […]
Dobbs Sentences #101: Part II B 3
Paragraph 1 of 11 Sentence 1 of 1 This paragraph is a single sentence, which is a single claim: “Respondents and their amici have no persuasive answer to this historical evidence.” Also, this will need support from the following paragraphs. Until then it’s undetermined:
Dobbs Sentences #100: Part II B 2 d
Paragraph 1 of 1 Sentence 3 of 3 Here ends Part II B 2 d. With a sentence that is just one claim: “The Court in Roe could have said of abortion exactly what Glucksberg said of assisted suicide: ‘Attitudes toward [abortion] have changed since Bracton, but our laws have consistently condemned, and continue to […]
Dobbs Sentences #99: Part II B 2 d
Paragraph 1 of 1 Sentence 2 of 3 Another sentence with a single claim: “On the contrary, an unbroken tradition of prohibiting abortion on pain of criminal punishment persisted from the earliest days of the common law until 1973.” This is too broad and vague to assess in the passing moment, so it’s undetermined.
Dobbs Sentences #98: Part II B 2 d
Paragraph 1 of 1 Sentence 1 of 3 Part II B 2 d is only one paragraph long—only three sentences—and the first sentence in this paragraph contains a single claim: “The inescapable conclusion is that a right to abortion is not deeply rooted in the Nation’s history and traditions.” “Inescapable” is a strong word. Bold […]
Dobbs Sentences #97: Part II B 2 c
Paragraph 6 of 6 Sentence 4 of 4 One final sentence to close out Part II B 2 c, and it consists of a single claim: “In short, the ‘Court’s opinion in Roe itself convincingly refutes the notion that the abortion liberty is deeply rooted in the history or tradition of our people.’ Thornburgh v. […]
Dobbs Sentences #96: Part II B 2 c
Paragraph 6 of 6 Sentence 3 of 4 Here’s a slightly more complex sentence: “And though Roe discerned a “trend toward liberalization” in about “one-third of the States,” those States still criminalized some abortions and regulated them more stringently than Roe would allow. Id., at 140, and n. 37; Tribe 2.” I see three claims: […]
Dobbs Sentences #95: Part II B 2 c
Paragraph 6 of 6 Sentence 2 of 4 Just one claim in this sentence, too: “At that time, also by the Roe Court’s own count, a substantial majority—30 States—still prohibited abortion at all stages except to save the life of the mother. See id., at 118, and n. 2 (listing States).” It’s a simple claim, […]
Dobbs Sentences #94: Part II B 2 c
Paragraph 6 of 6 Sentence 1 of 4 Obviously a single claim. One of the simpler sentences so far: “This overwhelming consensus endured until the day Roe was decided.” And all of the support should be in the sentences that follow and in whatever citations are attached. This is undetermined:
Dobbs Sentences #93: Part II B 2 c
Paragraph 5 of 6 Sentence 2 of 2 The next sentence: “By the end of the 1950s, according to the Roe Court’s own count, statutes in all but four States and the District of Columbia prohibited abortion ‘however and whenever performed, unless done to save or preserve the life of the mother.’ 410 U.S., at […]
Cynical Jason 