> I think, if Roe v Wade had never happened, most American states would have moved to a liberal abortion regime with time (maybe with a handful of conservative

> I think, if Roe v Wade had never happened, most American states would have moved to a liberal abortion regime with time (maybe with a handful of conservative holdouts), but it would have been a far less heated political and social issue. I think it is very likely that, the abortion law regime post-Roe v Wade's overturn, is going to be much more restrictive (in many states) than it would have been in the same year in a timeline in which Roe v Wade never happened to begin with. I broadly agree. IIRC, Roe liberalized abortion by fiat shortly after a handful of states did. That totally fried the normal political/social change process and pissed off a boatload of people, which got us where we are today. Liberals got what they want, but at a much steeper cost that if they'd been more patient.