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=== Abortion rights === Some have also argued that, should ''[[Roe v. Wade]]'', 410 U.S. 113 (1973), be overturned by the United States Supreme Court, a constitutional right to abortion could still be sustained on the basis that denying it would subject women to involuntary servitude contrary to the Thirteenth Amendment.<ref>Koppelman, Andrew, "Forced Labor: A Thirteenth Amendment Defense of Abortion", 84 ''Northwestern University Law Review'' 480 (1990)</ref> That decision was overturned in June of 2022,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/597/19-1392/|title=Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, 597 U. S. ____ (2022)|website=Justia|date=May 16, 2021|access-date=June 27, 2022}}</ref> but it is unclear whether forced pregnancy and child-bearing are within the scope of the term "servitude".<ref>{{cite journal|first=Norman|last=Vieira|journal=The University of Chicago Law Review|volume=55|issue=4|year=1988|pages=1181β1191|title=Hardwick and the Right of Privacy|doi=10.2307/1599785 |jstor=1599785 |url=https://jstor.org/stable/1599785|via=|url-access=subscription}}</ref>
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