Creating a shining city on a hill, worthy of inspiring democracies around the world, requires protection in both letter and spirit of the law for those who are most vulnerable. On the issue of abortion, it is vital to address the law’s failure to protect the unborn from death in the womb. But equally important is building a framework for helping young families in their moment of need.

Roe v. Wade will ultimately collapse because it was built on the shifting sand of seven justices’ opinions, lacking legal, scientific, and political foundation. And when that happens, it will be up to all of us to have in place a plan, a blueprint for a post-Roe America, in which caring for the least of these is a goal as important to us all as the goal of ending judicially imposed abortion on demand.