After Roe: Progressives must adjust

The most important and immediate effect of the Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade will be its effect on women in states where the procedure will now be limited. But, at the same time, its drama stems not only from its effect on abortion rights but as a victory for social conservatives. It is a reversal from a long series of court decisions whose effects called on cultural traditionalists to adjust to change they found upsetting and disconcerting. Dobbs v. Jackson, in contrast, calls on cultural liberals to debate and accommodate the views of those Barack Obama famously said “cling to their guns and religion” and whom Hillary Clinton characterized as “deplorable.”