Looking Beyond Roe

Way too much attention is being given to whether or not (or even when) a future Supreme Court will overturn Roe.

It's very likely that Roe will survive.

It's also very likely the survival of Roe will be irrelevant. Roe may survive as an abstract "right" for a woman to control her own body, but that abstraction will not matter if there's noplace left to go to get an abortion.

We're getting closer to that every day. State legislators, at the behest of the vocal anti-choice groups in their states, have been slowly harassing women and clinics. Frontline on PBS is apparently covering this next week (but check your local listings and assume some timid affiliates won't carry the show). See: http://www.pbs.org/...