The New York Times editorial board wants liberals to start winning new legal protections for abortion at the ballot box. The editors are in for a wake-up call.

The New York Times editorial is a predictable liberal piece on abortion, right down to the complaints that Republicans would make it easier to get contraception if they were really pro-life — in fact, they have tried to make it easier and have been met by resistance from liberal groups — and that “extreme partisan gerrymanders” are the reason Republicans can pass more restrictions on abortions at the state level. But the main thrust of the piece is that liberals cannot rely on the Supreme Court to protect abortion anymore. They must now go win support for abortion among the public.