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

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This sentence contains just one claim:

“Nor does it identify any other point in a pregnancy after which a State is permitted to prohibit the destruction of a fetus.”

I’ll reword that so it can stand alone:

• “[I]t [does not] identify any other point in a pregnancy after which a State is permitted to prohibit the destruction of a fetus.”

I think the “it” of this sentence means to indicate the dissent. I suppose it could be Roe v. Wade. It couldn’t be both, unless we’ve shot straight past “singular they” and pioneered “plural it.” So I’ll rewrite it again with a definite subject:

• “The dissent does not “identify any other point in a pregnancy after which a State is permitted to prohibit the destruction of a fetus.”

This is another claim asserting a negative. It’s undetermined:

• “The dissent does not “identify any other point in a pregnancy after which a State is permitted to prohibit the destruction of a fetus.”