Mapping the Rhetorical Shifts in Supreme Court Amici Activity from Roe to Dobbs to Chart a Path Forward

• In Event: The Influence of External Actors on the Courts

Brief Overview

This article studies amicus briefs filed in landmark abortion cases to reveal how the discursive construction of the pregnant person, the fetus, the physician, and abortion as a right have evolved over fifty years and why these shifts matter.

Authors

• Jamie Abrams, American University

• Amanda Potts, Cardiff University