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As a long-time pro-choicer, I've been watching this slide to the right with horror, and dreading the ultimate loss of Roe. I'm much less worried about it now and even see it as possibly a good thing in some ways. As long as Roe was in place, several groups with very diverse end-state goals have been able to work together under the blanket of "pro-life". Now that it's getting down to brass tacks, the fractures are starting to appear and the monolith is breaking down. Sure, there are some people who would like to see any birth control outlawed (not to mention unapproved sex) but they are the minority. When we pull away the blanket and have true open discussions about it, I have to hope that we'll come up with something that represents the true american middle ground - that the goal is that abortion should be safe, legal, and rare.
