post-Dobbs
English
editEtymology
editFrom post- + Dobbs, after Thomas E. Dobbs, former health officer of Mississippi.
Adjective
editpost-Dobbs (not comparable)
- After the decision of Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization (2022), holding that abortion is not a constitutional right in the United States.
- Synonym: post-Roe
- 2023 November 11, James Politi, Alex Rogers, quoting Jessica Taylor, “Democrats take heart from voter backlash against abortion curbs”, in FT Weekend, page 3:
- “What we're seeing now is this post-Dobbs backlash,” said Jessica Taylor, an analyst at the non-partisan Cook Political Report. “And Republicans have clearly not come up with an effective message for this.”