Pennsylvania, the Abortion-Rights Barometer

For all the talk of Roe v. Wade being overturned this year in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health, those who follow abortion issues closely understand that Roe was 90 percent overturned in 1992, when the Supreme Court rewrote abortion law in Planned Parenthood v. Casey. The Casey ruling and its Pennsylvania connections form a major chapter in the history of abortion law in America.