ZDA in dostopnost abortusa: razredna diferenciacija pred odločitvijo vrhovnega sodišča v zadevi Dobbs in po njej
Abortion Access in the USA: Class Differentiation Before and After The Supreme Court’s Overruling of Roe
Author(s): Lilijana BurcarSubject(s): Gender Studies, Constitutional Law, Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Culture and social structure , Social differentiation, Health and medicine and law, Socio-Economic Research
Published by: Slovensko sociološko društvo (in FDV)
Keywords: USA; abortion; class differentiation; Hyde Amendment; Roe; Dobbs;
Summary/Abstract: The article demonstrates that the 2022 US Supreme Court decision on Dobbs deepens class differentiation among women in the USA in their access to abortion. Relying on the historical materialist approach, we show that the USA have continuously limited access to abortion since its decriminalization on the federal level in 1973 by systematically targeting low-income women and violating their right to reproductive autonomy. The bans on abortion implemented in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision on Dobbs will further exacerbate the already existing inequalities in abortion access and reproductive autonomy between the poor and the rich women, with the latter being affected least as they will be able to afford interstate travel or travelling abroad in order to secure access to legal and safe abortions.
Journal: Družboslovne razprave
- Issue Year: 42/2026
- Issue No: 110
- Page Range: 23-49
- Page Count: 27
- Language: Slovenian
