Beyond the culture wars and partisan politics: Abortion as a constitutional issue, from Roe v. Wade to Dobbs

Résumé : As next year might witness the most important development in abortion rights in recent memory when the Supreme Court hears and decides a case (Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization) that could potentially overturn Roe v. Wade and allow each individual state to decide whether or not it wants to legalize abortion, this conference will go beyond considering abortion as a wedge issue (and probably the single biggest ideological marker that separates Republicans and Democrats) and will focus on the legal and constitutional developments abortion rights are going through (and have been going through for almost half a century) in the United States. We will also try to understand what will be at stake next year when the Supreme Court decides the Dobbs case.

Hamed Jendoubi is a member of the Pôle Langues at Panthéon-Assas University, where he teaches Legal English. He has a PhD in American History -his doctoral dissertation focused on the use of presidential signing statements by the George W. Bush Administration- and his research revolves around the American Constitution, the American presidency and US political history.

La conférence se déroulera en anglais.