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Common Reading 2023-24: "Feminist Futures" & The Turnaway Study"

Finding Cases

The major Supreme Court decisions can be found at the following locations:

To find more cases on abortion, search Nexis Uni.  In the center of the screen, under What are you interested in? select Cases, under Which jurisdiction? select Federal, and under Search all cases for, type in your terms.  For example,

Finding Statutes

The easiest way to find state laws (statutes) on abortion is to use a state survey on the topic.  Many organizations create these surveys.  Since some of the organizations are advocacy groups, go to the state's statute to make sure the organization's summary is accurate. 

Here are some useful state surveys on abortion laws:

To research state statutes generally, use Thomson Reuters Westlaw.  If you have the citation to the law, you can type it into the main search box:

 

Otherwise, to find statutes go to the Browse window on the homepage, select Statutes & Court Rules then select your state. Researchers can then search, browse the table of contents or look up a term in the statute index (right panel):

Finding Law Review Articles

Use Nexis Uni to search for articles in law reviews and other law journals.  In the center of the homepage, under What are you interested in? select Law Reviews then type your search terms: