In the wake of the Dobbs decision, some courts have considered historical evidence in opinions that embraced more expansive interpretations of constitutional rights to protect abortion and related rights to varying degrees.  Here are key cases – primarily high court or final decisions – directly addressing history and tradition to reach rights-supportive decisions. Click on the case name below for a summary of the decision and its historical reasoning, and a link to the full opinion:   

• Kaul v. Urmanski (Wisconsin Supreme Court 2025) (C.J. Karofsky, concurring)
• Yellowhammer Fund v. Attorney General of Alabama Steve Marshall (District Court of the United States for the Middle District of Alabama, Northern Division 2025)
• Allegheny Reproductive Health Center. v. Pennsylvania Department of Human Services (Pennsylvania Supreme Court 2024)
• Planned Parenthood Association of Utah v. State (Utah Supreme Court 2024)
• Wrigley v. Romanick (North Dakota Supreme Court 2023)
• Oklahoma Call for Reproductive Justice v. Drummond (Oklahoma Supreme Court 2023)
• Planned Parenthood of Michigan v. Attorney General of Michigan (Michigan Court of Claims 2022)
• Hodes & Nauser v. Schmidt (Kansas Supreme Court 2019) and Hodes & Nauser v. Kobach (Kansas Supreme Court 2024)