If the justices were smart, and they are not, then if given the opportunity they would simply uphold the state restrictions on the case at bar and rule that Roe was wrongly decided and that the situation as it existed prior to Roe is restored; i.e., that the issue of the right to life and the abortion issue will be the province of the states sin state jurisdictions and congress in Federal jsurisdictions.
I dont think they will engage in making scientific definitions of life. If they did that, then they would have to declare all abortions except court ordered abortions for purposes of self defense to be unconstitutional. If Trump can appoint 2 more justices before leaving office, I think Roe will be overturned. I dont trust Roberts.
I don’t trust Roberts either. I think he will cling fast to the stare decisis thing.
There is a certain logic to having an idea that certain areas of law don’t need to be revisited and that a judge is on firm footing, but there are a huge number of people on both the left and the right who’ve challenged the constitutional reasoning of Roe. Just read another article on it the other day.