In Roe v$.$ Wade $(1973),$ the U$.$S$.$ Supreme Court held that the right to privacy implied in the $14$th Amendment of the Constitution protected abortion as a fundamental right. However, the government retained some power to restrict abortion access based on the stage of pregnancy, i$.$e$.$ states were still permitted to restrict abortion access after the point of "fetal viability" had passed.

$49$ years later, in Dobbs v$.$ Jackson $(2022),$ the Supreme Court held that abortion i not a constitutional right as previously decided in Roe v$.$ Wade. Following the Dobbs decision, each state can decide individually how to legally restrict abortion access at any stage of pregnancy.

In the above example of case law, how did the U$.$S$.$ Supreme Court in Dobbs apply the doctrine of Stare Decisis? In other words, how did the Court treat the "precedent" previously established by Roe?

The Court relied on the binding use of precedential authority to make its decision.

The Court distinguished the precedent in this case.

The Court narrowed the precedent in this case.

The Court reversed the precedent in this case.