Justice Gorsuch's Choice : From Bostock to Dobbs (What a Blockbuster LGBT Rights Ruling Might Mean for the Future of Abortion Rights)

"As everyone awaits developments in the [Dobbs] case, a small possibility—capable of reconfiguring the entire landscape—dwells in an unlikely place: last year’s blockbuster LGBT rights ruling in Bostock v. Clayton County."This brief commentary mines prospects that Justice Neil Gorsuch's majority opinion in Bostock v. Clayton County opens up for Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization—and thus for the future of abortion rights.**This work first appeared in the National Law Journal on July 9, 2021. It is adapted from a forthcoming essay in ConLawNOW.**