Before Roe v. Wade was overturned, the pro-life movement’s strategy was to challenge the 1973 ruling in the courts. States drafted and passed legislation that pushed the boundaries of what was allowed under the Roe framework and escalated their cases in hopes the Supreme Court would rule that Roe was “wrongly decided.” Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization out of Mississippi finally presented that opportunity. 

I joined the movement shortly after Roe was overturned and quickly saw that the battles in this new landscape were widely unpredictable. Strategies needed to be refined even though movement leaders had outlined some strategies for the post-Roe landscape.