
After Dobbs
What Roman Mars Can Learn About Con Law
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Is There a New Abortion Ban in the United States?
Before ro versus weigd, abortion bands typically baned abortions by punishing people who provided abortions. But after dobbs, anything goes. A state could punish the provider of the abortion services the pregnant person for seeking an abortion or even just trying to seek an abortion. An aggressive prosecutor might think that this is now the right political climate to be creative and aggressive. Then say, look, maybe an abortion could count as a criminal homicide caused by the pregnant person and go that person in that way.
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