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An abortion-rights activist rallies with others in downtown Los Angeles, Sunday, June 26, 2022.

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Politics

What the Dobbs v. Jackson ruling means for the future of privacy

By  Isabelle Earl and Sarah Stark
   

When the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade Friday, the decision changed a 50-year legal precedent for the right to privacy under the Fourteenth Amendment.

Reset discusses what the court’s ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization could mean for other landmark civil rights decisions.

GUEST: Susan Burgess, senior professional lecturer at DePaul University; distinguished professor emerita of political science at Ohio University

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