Decolonizing and Decarcerating Family Law

In 2022, the United States Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, cases associated with the dawning of an era that ushered in social, economic, educational, and political change for women. Specifically, the cases decriminalized abortion and protected reproductive autonomy. Culturally, they were part of a revolution. Rejecting nearly fifty years of precedent and social science research, the Supreme Court’s majority claimed that Roe was an egregious decision on par with infamous Plessy v. Ferguson decision, which legalized racial segregation and legitimized the notoriously violent period of suppression and violence known as Jim Crow.