However, many politicians are pushing an unlimited view of the right that raises both constitutional and political questions - an approach that far exceeds what the current Roe case law supports.
Many Americans are open to protecting the right to choose, particularly in the first trimester. Addressing the scope of this right is key to defining and supporting this right in constitutional law. Yet, when pressed, these same politicians have been declining to address the implications of leaving the decision entirely to the woman at all stages of a pregnancy. Below is my column in USA Today on the strikingly absolutist language being used by Democratic leaders in defining the right to abortion after the Supreme Court’s leaked draft opinion in Dobbs v.
