In this Nov. 30, 2005 file photo, an anti-abortion supporter stands next to a pro-choice demonstrator outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
Yesterday, Australian Outlook (a publication of the Australian Institute for International Affairs), published my article on “Abortion and Foot Voting in a Post-Dobbs America.” It’s the first in a series of two pieces on the question of whether people are likely to “vote with their feet” based on state variations in abortion policy in the wake of the Supreme Court’s ruling overturning Roe v. Wade last year. Here is an excerpt:
In June 2022, the US Supreme Court issued its ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, overturning Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision holding that abortion is a protected constitutional right. In the aftermath of Dobbs, numerous conservative “red states” with Republican Party-controlled state governments enacted legislation severely restricting abortion or restored old abortion restrictions that had been blocked by Roe. By contrast, multiple Democratic-controlled “blue” states strengthened abortion rights.
More than at any other time in American history, we now have massive variation in abortion rights between states. That situation raises many issues, one of which is to what extent people will…
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