Roe Fact and Fiction, by Gary Bauer

With his nominations of Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett, Donald Trump accomplished what Presidents Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush desperately hoped for but could not achieve – a real conservative majority on the Supreme Court.

According to a leaked draft opinion by pro-life stalwart Justice Samuel Alito, that Trump majority appears ready to overturn Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that legalized abortion-on-demand in America. Conservatives and leftists are alternately excited and enraged by that prospect.

But when Roe goes to the ash heap of history, as is expected any day now, it is critical that we separate fact from fiction. …