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by NeonVice 1452 days ago
The Dobbs case has everything to do with whether or not a federal abortion law would be constitutional. The court determined on 10th amendment grounds that the constitution was silent on abortion. Therefore, that power belongs to each state. “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.”
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They ruled that the constitution does not confer the right to an abortion. That’s it.

The constitution does not confer the right to clean water and yet, it’s not unconstitutional for the federal government to make laws regarding clean water standards.