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Dobbs
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dobbs
English
Etymology 1
From a medieval diminutive form of the given name en Robert + the patronymic suffix en -s.
Proper noun
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en patronymics.
en Amy Frykholm Enemies of the people: Mark Potok monitors hate w:The Christian Century https://www.christiancentury.org/article/2010-03/enemies-people 2010-03-09 Mark Potok Or it’s the man who has listened to Lou Dobbs ranting about people crossing the borders or who has heard some incredibly nasty sermon about homosexuals and thinks to himself, “My race, my people, my tribe are under assault, and the brave young men of the tribe have to protect it.”At the time when the Lou Dobbses of the world were most vociferously and viciously condemning immigrants, anti-Latino hate crimes in this country went up by 40 percent, according to FBI statistics. https://web.archive.org/web/20260423184922/https://www.christiancentury.org/article/2010-03/enemies-people 23 April 2026
en US law US politics informal uncountable neologism en w:Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization a 2022 U.S. Supreme Court ruling which stated that access to abortion was not a constitutionally protected right, overturning the earlier Roe ruling which established this unenumerated right.
en Roe Casey substantive due process
June 24 2022 ‘Abortion Is Just the Beginning’: Six Experts on the Decision Overturning Roe https://web.archive.org/web/20220701063204/https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/06/24/opinion/politics/dobbs-decision-perspectives.html By overturning Roe v. Wade, Dobbs is sure to go down as one of the most consequential Supreme Court decisions, undoing a constitutional right that’s been in place for nearly half a century and delivering a decisive victory to the anti-abortion movement.
November 19 2022 Democrats Need to Realize How Much Dobbs Mattered Amy Littlefield https://web.archive.org/web/20221211193938/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/19/opinion/midterm-election-abortion-roe-dobbs-democrats.html What makes Republicans and progressives come together? “It was honestly Dobbs,” Ms. Watson-Whittaker said. “The decision brought everybody together.” In Michigan, at least, that togetherness seems to have paid off for Democrats.
en July 6 2023 A year after victory in Dobbs decision, anti-abortion activists still in fight mode Sarah Boden w:NPR https://web.archive.org/web/20230707190735/https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/07/06/1186017963/a-year-after-victory-in-dobbs-decision-anti-abortion-activists-still-in-fight-mo Dobbs demolished a federal right to abortion, and its legality currently rests with each state. This has created a patchwork of laws that have made legislation designed to stop abortions less effective in some parts of the country.
en October 26, 2023 Nada Hassanein Medical exceptions to abortion bans often exclude mental health conditions USA Today online “People who reported using more substances or having more mental health conditions were more likely to report a policy-related barrier to obtaining an abortion,” Roberts said. In the aftermath of Dobbs, she said, “There’s no reason to believe that things would have become easier.”
Derived terms
en Dobbs Ferry
en post-Dobbs
Etymology 2
Proper noun
en proper noun form
en Dobb