Description
This bell ringer features Northern Illinois University law professor Evan Bernick discussing the jurisprudence preceding the 2022 ruling of Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health and the Supreme Court's ruling in the case.
Bell Ringer Assignment
- CLIP #1: Why was the ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health both "unsurprising" and "shocking?"
- CLIP #1: According to Evan Bernick, how was abortion viewed in the United States before the ruling in Roe v. Wade (1973)?
- CLIP #1: For what reasons is Justice Harry Blackmun's opinion in Roe v. Wade (1973) considered a "mess?"
- CLIP #1: Based on the clip, how has politics affected the debate over abortion?
- CLIP #1: What did the ruling in Planned Parenthood v. Casey (1992) "replace" and change? How has Justice Antonin Scalia's dissent in the case impacted subsequent rulings?
- CLIP #2: What does Samuel Alito's opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health (2022) "closely resemble?"
- CLIP #2: Summarize Alito's opinion, as described by Evan Bernick. What was the "main event" of the opinion, and how does Alito "distinguish" abortion?
- CLIP #2: Based on the clip, how will judges review abortion laws in the future?
Additional Resources
- On This Day: Obergefell v Hodges Decided
- Bell Ringer: Original Public Meaning and Originalism
- Bell Ringer: The Commerce Clause
- Lesson Plan: Landmark Supreme Court Case: Griswold v Connecticut (1965)
- Lesson Plan: Landmark Supreme Court Case: Roe v Wade
- Lesson Plan: Abortion Debate in Today’s United States
Participants
Vocabulary
- 14th Amendment
- Amicus Brief
- Circuit Court
- Common Law
- Conservative
- Constitution
- Contraceptive
- Decriminalization
- Due Process Clause
- Fetus
- Gonzales V. Raich (2005)
- Judicial Opinion
- Lawrence V. Texas (2003)
- Legislature
- Obergefell V Hodges (2015)
- Physician
- Planned Parenthood V. Casey (1992)
- Prenatal
- Quickening
- Roe V. Wade (1973)
- Sodomy
- Strict Scrutiny
- Supreme Court
- Undue Burden
- Viability
- Washington V. Glucksberg (1997)