Why were many Americans surprised by the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization ruling, if the Wade ruling had been eroded over the years? And what were the short-term consequences?

Hence the research question, why were many Americans surprised by the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization ruling, if the Roe v. Wade ruling has been eroded over the years? And what were the short-term consequences? In order to answer this question, the work will analyze in the first chapter the attitude towards abortion in the United States before the Roe v. Wade ruling, as well as the ruling itself and the impact of the women’s liberation movement and the second wave of feminism. The work will present in the second chapter the movements that arose in the wake of Roe v. Wade and which turned the debate into a political one, Pro Life, which opposes abortion, and its rival Pro Choice, which is in favor of giving women the choice to have an abortion. It will also present the various rulings that caused the Roe v. Wade ruling to be eroded. The third chapter will explain the structure of the Supreme Court and how the different interpretations and legal approaches caused many Americans to think that the Roe v. Casey decision would only be eroded rather than overturned, and will also examine the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision. Finally, the fourth chapter will analyze the short-term consequences in various fields – the legal, medical and political fields.