On Jan. 24, 2022, the Supreme Court’s 6–3 ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization overturned Roe v. Wade, which had provided a constitutional right to abortion since 1973. UCLA faculty are experts on the subject. Click on the topic links below for a list of experts.
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Volokh is a law professor and an expert on the Supreme Court and constitutional law.
Winkler is a law professor and an expert on the Supreme Court and constitutional law.
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Franklin is a law professor and faculty director of the UCLA Center on Reproductive Health, Law and Policy. She has commented on what the overturning of Roe v. Wade could mean for interstate abortions, marriage equality and reproductive rights.
Cathren Cohen
Cohen is a scholar at UCLA’s Center on Reproductive Health, Law and Policy who has commented on the effect the overturning of Roe v. Wade could have on various contraception methods. To reach Cohen and other scholars at the center, please contact Rachel Dowd at 310-206-8982 or dowd@law.ucla.edu.
Tavrow, an adjunct professor of community health sciences and director of UCLA’s Bixby Program in Population and Reproductive Health, who has commented on American’s future right in the wake of the Roe v. Wade rollback.
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Vavreck, UCLA’s Marvin Hoffenberg Professor of American Politics and Public Policy, is an expert on elections, political campaigns and voter behavior who has commented on what the overturning of Roe v. Wade may mean for America’s growing cultural and political divide.
Van Schilfgaarde, director of the UCLA School of Law’s San Manuel Band of Mission Indians Tribal Legal Development Clinic, has commented on the possibility of Indian reservations across the nation to offer abortions in the wake of the overturning of Roe v. Wade.
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