Oral Presentations
Presentation Type
Presentation - Campus Access Only
Faculty Mentor’s Full Name
Ramona Grey
Faculty Mentor’s Department
Political Science
Abstract / Artist's Statement
The landscape of reproductive rights has shifted dramatically following the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision. My research is looking to analyze the implications of the Dobbs decision and the broader context of abortion rights in this our country, and in Montana. I will be examining the landscape of reproductive rights in Montana, its unique state constitutional protection of privacy, and the political shifts undergone which have taken us to current legislative “born-alive proposals. I will be looking at changes in the state’s partisan makeup, and further radicalization of both parties, creating deeper divisions on the issue of abortion. Additionally, I want to examine Montana’s unique status as a conservative state that has, to this present time, preserved women’s reproductive rights following Dobbs.
A secondary element of my research will look at access to reproductive healthcare, specifically women’s access to abortion by medication (Mifepristone), procedural abortion, and contraceptives. I will be utilizing more localized resources, to provide further insight; including research done by Dr. Samuel Dickman, a Montana abortion practitioner and head of Montana Planned Parenthood, having previously practiced in Texas, to contextualize reproductive healthcare in Montana. Blue Mountain Clinic will provide further insight into the issue of local access and concerns they have regarding Montana’s legislative restrictions going forward.
Although the scope of my research will be largely narrowed to Montana , it will require consideration of external circumstances. For this, I will utilize my previous research which examined the consequences of the Dobbs decision on a national scale; looking at the intersection of politics and abortion in other states. The scope of this paper will be narrowed to women’s reproductive rights in the state of Montana, while also presenting a broader examination of the intersection of politics and abortion, hopefully illuminating the direction this issue will take moving forward.
Category
Social Sciences
The End of Roe: An Examination of the Dobbs Decision’s Effect on Abortion Access in Montana and Nation-Wide
UC 331
The landscape of reproductive rights has shifted dramatically following the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision. My research is looking to analyze the implications of the Dobbs decision and the broader context of abortion rights in this our country, and in Montana. I will be examining the landscape of reproductive rights in Montana, its unique state constitutional protection of privacy, and the political shifts undergone which have taken us to current legislative “born-alive proposals. I will be looking at changes in the state’s partisan makeup, and further radicalization of both parties, creating deeper divisions on the issue of abortion. Additionally, I want to examine Montana’s unique status as a conservative state that has, to this present time, preserved women’s reproductive rights following Dobbs.
A secondary element of my research will look at access to reproductive healthcare, specifically women’s access to abortion by medication (Mifepristone), procedural abortion, and contraceptives. I will be utilizing more localized resources, to provide further insight; including research done by Dr. Samuel Dickman, a Montana abortion practitioner and head of Montana Planned Parenthood, having previously practiced in Texas, to contextualize reproductive healthcare in Montana. Blue Mountain Clinic will provide further insight into the issue of local access and concerns they have regarding Montana’s legislative restrictions going forward.
Although the scope of my research will be largely narrowed to Montana , it will require consideration of external circumstances. For this, I will utilize my previous research which examined the consequences of the Dobbs decision on a national scale; looking at the intersection of politics and abortion in other states. The scope of this paper will be narrowed to women’s reproductive rights in the state of Montana, while also presenting a broader examination of the intersection of politics and abortion, hopefully illuminating the direction this issue will take moving forward.