Could There Be a “Reverse Reversal” of Roe?

Pro-lifers pray for a reversal of Roe v. Wade , but Wesley Smith in today’s column asks, “what if the overturn comes  from the other direction ?”

Roe  and its progeny cases, such as  Planned Parenthood v. Casey , left room for pro-life advocates to deploy subversive legislative and litigation strategies that have opened significant cracks in the once unbreachable judicial wall around the abortion right . . . . Even though the most well-known anti- Roe  efforts are aimed at overturning the case to permit greater state regulation, a significant—if quieter—counter-push seeks to (essentially) overturn  Roe  by making the abortion right virtually absolute. At the very least, it would repair those cracks in the protective wall.

Read the full column here .