# Legal merits and flaws of Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Tags:** roe\_vs\_wade\_abortion\
**Created:** [June 30, 2022, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-merits-and-flaws-of-dobbs-v-jackson-womens-health-organization/967201 "2022-06-30T20:31:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![Max\_S](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2022, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-merits-and-flaws-of-dobbs-v-jackson-womens-health-organization/967201/25 "2022-07-06T22:52:31Z")

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No, we disagree on that part, too:

> [@Does the Ninth Amendment to the United States Constitution itself protect individuals from State infringement of unenumerated rights?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-ninth-amendment-to-the-united-states-constitution-itself-protect-individuals-from-state-infringement-of-unenumerated-rights/922125/43):
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> […] critical points on which we disagree,
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> - […]
> - Whether Amendment IX’s prohibition on denying or disparaging unenumerated rights applies to interpretation of _anything_ except the mere fact that other rights are enumerated in the Constitution
> - Whether “rights reserved to the people” includes anything more than the rights reserved to the people through their existing State governments

~Max

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