If the Supreme Court Can Reverse <em>Roe</em>, It Can Reverse Anything

For months and even years I have seen this coming, and yet the reality of the Supreme Court’s decision is still a shock. How can it be that people had a constitutional right for nearly half a century, and now no more? How can it not matter that Americans consistently signaled that they did not want this to happen, and even so this has happened?

The Court’s answer is that is different. , the Court suggests, was uniquely, egregiously wrong from the beginning—a badly reasoned decision criticized by even the most ardent supporters of abortion rights, including the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. The majority suggests that the(and , the decision that saved abortion rights in 1992) is , the 19th-century decision that held racial segregation to be constitutional.