American womanhood is not what it used to be − understanding the backlash to Dobbs v. Jackson

As someone who over the past 50 years has thought about and written many books and articles on U.S. feminism, I should have been less surprised by the strong electoral backlash to the Supreme Court’s 2022 Dobbs V. Jackson Women’s Health Organization ruling, a judgment that overturned the 1973 Roe V. Wade decree and thus 50 years of national abortion rights. Above: Demonstrators rally for abortion rights outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 20, 1971.