"post-Roe" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: post-Roe [canonical]
Etymology: From post- + Roe. Etymology templates: {{af|en|post-|Roe}} post- + Roe Head templates: {{en-adj|-|head=post-Roe|head2=post-Roe}} post-Roe or post-Roe (not comparable)
  1. After the decision of Roe v. Wade (1973) in the United States, generally protecting the right to have an abortion. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-post-Roe-en-adj-23wjuGta Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms containing italics, English terms prefixed with post-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 73 27 Disambiguation of English terms containing italics: 82 18 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with post-: 77 23 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 69 31 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 72 28
  2. After the overturning of Roe v. Wade (2022). Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: post-Dobbs
    Sense id: en-post-Roe-en-adj-4vL9ewLv
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          "ref": "1988, Committee for Abortion Rights and Against Sterilization Abuse, edited by Susan Elizabeth Davis, Women Under Attack: Victories, Backlash, and the Fight for Reproductive Freedom, Boston, Mass.: South End Press, →ISBN, page 55:",
          "text": "Within 9 months of the Roe decision, 188 bills to restrict abortion were introduced in 41 states. As described in Chapter 5, post-Roe statutes included requirements of spousal or parental consent, hospitalization for second trimester abortions, mandatory waiting periods, and funding restrictions.",
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          "ref": "1994, William A[nthony] Donohue, Twilight of Liberty: Legacy of the ACLU, Abingdon, Oxon, New York, N.Y.: Routledge, published 2017, →ISBN:",
          "text": "On July 3, 1989, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld three key provisions of the Missouri statute and, though it didn’t overturn Roe, set back the “pro-choice” movement more than any decision in the post-Roe period.",
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          "text": "Conversely, a substantively minimalist jurisprudence, allowing the outright prohibition of abortions, is equally unworkable; in the years before Roe, when nontherapeutic abortions were prohibited in nearly every state, abortions were almost as common as they are in the post-Roe period (albeit less safe).",
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          "ref": "2023 April 26, Emine Saner, quoting Justin Lehmiller, “The rise of voluntary celibacy: ‘Most of the sex I’ve had, I wish I hadn’t bothered’”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-04-26:",
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