The entire concept of Roe is that abortions are allowed and nobody can

Have anything to say about it. Obviously certain restrictions have whittled away at the absolute nature of the decision, with plenty on the pro-choice side resisting on slippery slope or other grounds every step of the way.

Roe had the effect of (illegitimately in my view) removing abortion rights from the political arena. I think that gave us the religious right and by extension the current culture war-only focus of the repub party.

The inflexibility of the two sides looks different, but I think determinations about degrees of inflexibility are kind of irrelevant. Both sides are inflexible, and the drive to defend Roe above all is a drive by one side to have the courts shield them from political debate.

And in some states I’m sure, bad political outcomes. But you know human nature - when you start from a place of inflexibility your opponents tend to make sure you stay there.

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