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Wednesday, March 08, 2023

Thirteenth Amendment Abortion Rights and the Job of a Judge

Andrew Koppelman

A federal judge has been criticized for requesting briefing on whether the right to abortion is protected by the Thirteenth Amendment.  The judge is, however, simply doing her job, and simultaneously placing on the political agenda one of the strongest arguments for abortion rights.

I explain in a new column at Washington Monthly, here.

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