User:Lunar2004/Abortion in the United States

Mary Ziegler is one of the top historians, authors, and educators on abortion. Since the fall of the constitutional right to abortion, in the case, Dobbs v Jackson Women's Health Organization, Ziegler has been using her platform to educate the United States on abortion and the harms taking the right away can cause. Ziegler has also expanded her historical work on abortion by writing articles and books regarding international issues related to abortion. Ziegler has used her comparative work regarding abortion to allude to an international push to legalize abortion in countries both in the West and the global South, contrasting with the United States. Furthermore, Ziegler has delved into the medical issues regarding abortion, highlighting the need for better abortion care for women. In 2022, Ziegler published an article “Whole Woman’s Health v. Jackson: One Texas Law’s Procedural Peculiarities and its Monolithic Threat to Abortion Access.” The American Journal of Law and Medicine underscored the threat of Dobbs v. Jackson would have on abortion access in America. Ziegler also highlighted the fundamental issues with Texas abortion law such as the “Heartbeat Bill” which she concluded would have an “erosive impact on abortion access.” Throughout 2022 and 2023 Ziegler used her Twitter (X) account to spread awareness on the issues regarding abortion, in a way to reach more audiences beyond academia. Last year in 2023, Ziegler was awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship for her work in abortion.