A year ago, we asked experts from across the political spectrum how the end of Roe would change America. Now, they reflect on their predictions — and what’s surprised them the most.
‘Issues like inflation and jobs will continue to predominate’Sarah Isgur is a graduate of Harvard Law School who clerked on the Fifth Circuit. She was Justice Department spokesperson during the Trump administration.have shown that people adjust to new — even life-changing — circumstances far more quickly than they think. Lottery winners and victims of catastrophic accidents aren’t more or less happy than they were before their lives were upended.
Anti-abortion protesters sit above the voting record sign, on May 16, 2023, in Raleigh, N.C., as state legislators voted to override Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper's veto of a bill that would change the state's ban on nearly all abortions from those after 20 weeks of pregnancy to those after 12 weeks of pregnancy. | Chris Seward/AP Photo
That said, there now are unexpected allies for the abortion rights movement. First, we saw corporations like Citibank offer their employees, such as those based in Texas, benefits to cover out-of-state travel to obtain an abortion. Then we saw businesses and civic associations support ballot initiatives like the one in Kansas, which proved decisive for defending abortion rights.
But two things are certain. “People have to plan differently before and after becoming pregnant,” Babu said. And the option of terminating a pregnancy “is practically off the table for some patients” since test results often come in after state cutoff dates.for “lethal fetal abnormalities,” according to the Guttmacher Institute, which researches and supports abortion rights.
Clinic escorts deploy umbrellas and their bodies to block the view of anti-abortion protester Tom Schaer as he shouts at a woman entering WE Health Clinic in Duluth, Minn., on July 7, 2022. | Derek Montgomery/AP Photo
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