The Real Supreme Court Endgame for Abortion Foes

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Before the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, conservative judges and politicians argued that the court was to blame for the polarization of the abortion issue in the first place. Roe, the argument went, ruled out compromises that might have cooled off the debate. And nearly three years ago, when the Supreme Court undid the right to choose abortion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the justices picked up on this claim too—suggesting that restoring abortion decisionmaking to voters and their elected representatives might make the conflict less ugly.