On Overruling Roe, Consider Moral Arguments

It is very much in the air now, with a deep hope on one side and a grim resignation on the other, that the holding in Roe v. Wade will not survive this year. Conservatives seem sure that something decisive is about to happen because they have helped to put on the Court the judges who can make it happen. They worry that some of their six judges may lose their nerve or settle for a decision that keeps Roe v. Wade on the books, as a fragile facade, while its substance is removed step by step. Liberals are terrified that the abortion license put in place by Roe will be swept away.