Tag Archives: Roe v Wade
Dobbs Sentences #6: Part II A 1
Paragraph 3 of 5 Sentence 1 of 6 The first sentence in the third paragraph of this portion of Dobbs is a thesis statement, and its support should come in the following sentences. In a way, though, it’s an expansion on the last sentence of the previous paragraph. Instead of enumerating the parts of the […]
Dobbs Sentences #5: Part II A 1
Paragraph 2 of 5 Sentence 3 of 3 To finish out this paragraph we have a third sentence that sticks pretty closely to the previous one. “And that privacy right, Roe observed, had been found to spring from no fewer than five different constitutional provisions—the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth Amendments.” Id., at 152. […]
Dobbs Sentences #4: Part II A 1
Paragraph 2 of 5 Sentence 2 of 3 Now we start actually engaging with Roe (read and download here). The point being made isn’t controversial, but it’s necessary to lay out the basics. The sentence reads: “It held that the abortion right, which is not mentioned in the Constitution, is part of a right to […]
Dobbs Sentences #3: Part II A 1
Paragraph 2 of 5 Sentence 1 of 3 There isn’t a good way to mark the next sentence as true or false, and there may never be. It is an assertion. It is a claim. It’s just not exactly verifiable or falsifiable. Here it is: “Roe, however, was remarkably loose in its treatment of the […]
Cynical Jason 