Commentary Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court’s 1973 decision invalidating most state abortion restrictions, is undoubtedly one of the worst and most poorly reasoned decisions, legally speaking, that the high court has ever handed down. On Dec. 1 the court heard oral argument in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, involving a Mississippi law that flies in the face of Roe and bans nearly all abortions after the 15th week of pregnancy. The Dobbs case gives the Supreme Court, now dominated by six conservative justices with apparent strong belief in the absurdity of Roe and strong desire to protect unborn human life, a chance to send Roe to the dustbin forever. But the odds are—unfortunately—that it won’t. Because the Supreme Court has historically been reluctant to overturn even the most appallingly erroneous of its decisions. The late Justice Harry Blackmun, author of the 7–2 majority opinion in Roe, claimed to …