Why The Left Supports Roe: Scorn For Ordinary Americans

The answer is simple: Most Americans do not understand what Roe actually does. Most Americans believe (wrongly) that if Roe were overturned, abortion would automatically become illegal across the land. That is exactly what pro-abortion advocacy groups want Americans to believe. Dr. Wendy Chavkin, a professor at Columbia University who chairs Physicians for Reproductive Choice and Health, for example, states that overturning Roe would force "American women … to [go] outside the health care system and [act] like they're in a Third World country."

This is blatantly false. If Roe were overturned, the people in each state would decide abortion policy for themselves. Voters in California would decide abortion policy in California; voters in Alabama would decide abortion policy in Alabama. Some states would likely restrict abortion heavily; others would allow free access to abortion. Instead of a broad national answer dictated by the Supreme Court, we would have a plethora of answers dictated by the people.

Ben Shapiro