Wednesday, March 27, 2024 - 4:00 pm
Francis Degnin, Associate Professor of Philosophy, is giving the March lecture of our Phi Alpha Theta lecture series. In honor of Women's History Month, he is presenting "Abortion Rights: The Road from Roe and Casey to Dobbs".
The Supreme Court's Dobbs decision radically changed the abortion landscape in the US. But it didn't change everything. For example, it didn't change the position, asserted in Roe, that the US Constitution is silent on the question of whether an unborn fetus is a person. It also didn't challenge the notion that a right to privacy is inherent (implied, but not named) in the Constitution.
What are the key points, and rationale, of the Dobbs decision? Of the dissent? This talk will focus on explicating those key points as well as providing a limited assessment of some of the strengths and weaknesses of the arguments on both sides of the decision.
Location:
Seerley 220
