Megan McArdle: It’s time to let Roe go

(J. Scott Applewhite | The Associated Press) In this June 27, 2016, file photo, abortion rights activists rejoice in front of the Supreme Court in Washington as the justices struck down the strict Texas anti-abortion restriction law known as HB2. Texas abortion providers who won a landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling in 2016 that blocked a new wave of anti-abortion efforts are now using that decision to try undoing laws on the books for decades in a lawsuit filed Thursday, June 14, 2018. The extent to which Roe v. Wade has come to dominate American politics can be found in the anguished cries that followed the announcement of Justice Anthony Kennedy’s retirement from the Supreme Court. There are other issues that people care about, but Roe forms the centerpiece of any discussion about what a post-Kennedy court might look like.

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