post-Roe

After the decision of Roe v. Wade (1973) in the United States, generally protecting the right to have an abortion.

Adjective

  1. After the decision of Roe v. Wade (1973) in the United States, generally protecting the right to have an abortion.
    • Within 9 months of the Roe decision, 188 bills to restrict abortion were introduced in 41 states. As described in Chapter 5, post-Roe statutes included requirements of spousal or parental consent, hospitalization for...
    • In the post-Roe period, however, state authority was largely taken away by the federal courts (strict scrutiny analysis prevailed), yet abortion was a lively issue in many state legislatures. - 1992, Glen A....
    • On July 3, 1989, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld three key provisions of the Missouri statute and, though it didn’t overturn Roe, set back the “pro-choice” movement more than any decision in the post-Roe period. - 1994,...
  2. After the overturning of Roe v. Wade (2022).
    • It is probably safe to assume that the effort will begin again once the reality of a post-Roe America sets in. - 2019, Robin Marty, Handbook for a Post-Roe America, Seven Stories Press, →ISBN:
    • Our goal is to preview what a post-Roe landscape might look like. - 2022 June 6, David Leonhardt, “A Post-Roe America”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the...
    • The post-Roe rise in births in the U.S. will be concentrated in some of the worst states for infant and maternal health. Plans to improve these outcomes are staggeringly thin. - 2022 December 16, Melissa Jeltsen, “We...

    Synonyms: post-Dobbs

Origin

From post- + Roe.

Forms

post-Roe