The overturning of Roe v. Wade would be a conservative victory nearly 50 years in the making if the Supreme Court does, in fact, decide to strike it down in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization next year. But no matter how revolutionary such a decision would be, it should not and cannot be enough for the pro-life movement.

If abortion opponents believe, as we say we do, that abortion is a grave evil and injustice that takes hundreds of thousands of innocent lives every year, then we cannot be satisfied until the practice is abolished completely — in every state, forever. (Some exemptions will be necessary, especially in cases where the mother’s life is at risk).