Irish Examiner View: Anniversary of abortion judgment highlights the need for progress

The tactics of anti-abortion groups in the US will find an echo here and scrutiny must be maintained if long-desired liberalisation is to be protected and implemented

Protesters march to the White House to denounce the US Supreme Court decision to end federal abortion rights protections on June 26, 2022.  Picture: Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images

It was a year ago this weekend that the US Supreme Court delivered a judgment in the case of Dobbs versus Jackson Women’s Health Organization.

Dobbs was Thomas E Dobbs, the health officer for Mississippi. Jackson WHO was a clinic offering abortion pills and on-site treatment.