Twin Republican strategies brought the antiabortion movement to the cusp of victory in the Supreme C

December 4, 2021

Washington Post: Twin Republican strategies brought the antiabortion movement to the cusp of victory in the Supreme Court

By: Michael Scherer

The Supreme Court’s oral arguments over the future of abortion restrictions put into sharp relief the twin forces that appear to have brought the high court to the edge of either overturning or dramatically curtailing the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, which gave women nationwide a right to most abortions.

Decades of political organizing by abortion opponents have transformed the Republican Party into a force for remaking courts, and a separate revolution in law schools has created the intellectual foundation to make it possible.

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