Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health: Undermining Public Health, Facilitating Reproductive Coercion
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Author(s)
Ahmed, Aziza
Evans, Dabney P
Jackson, Jason
Meier, Benjamin Mason
Tomori, Cecília
Date Issued
2023
Journal
Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Citation
Ahmed A, Evans DP, Jackson J, Meier BM, Tomori C. Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health: Undermining Public Health, Facilitating Reproductive Coercion. Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics. 2023;51(3):485-489.
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Abstract
Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health continues a trajectory of U.S. Supreme Court jurisprudence that undermines the normative foundation of public health — the idea that the state is obligated to provide a robust set of supports for healthcare services and the underlying social determinants of health. Dobbs furthers a longstanding ideology of individual responsibility in public health, neglecting collective responsibility for better health outcomes. Such an ideology on individual responsibility not only enables a shrinking of public health infrastructure for reproductive health, it facilitates the rise of reproductive coercion and a criminal legal response to pregnancy and abortion. This commentary situates Dobbs in the context of a long historical shift in public health that increasingly places burdens on individuals for their own reproductive health care, moving away from the possibility of a robust state public health infrastructure.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Urban Studies and Planning
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10.1017/jme.2023.137
