(Mark Tenally/AP)Opinion writerIn his final debate with Hillary Clinton during the 2016 presidential campaign, Donald Trump was asked whether he wanted to see Roe v. Wade overturned. Mississippi’s new restrictions are part of a reinvigorated nationwide effort to limit access to abortion, propelled by Republican-dominated state legislatures and an increasingly conservative Supreme Court. As I have argued before, one of Roberts’s missions is to save the Republican Party from itself. And there is no doubt that overturning Roe, which is one of the core goals of the Republican Party, would be a political catastrophe. If a heartbeat bill actually reached the Supreme Court, Roberts would have a real dilemma.

Source: Washington Post March 22, 2019 18:55 UTC