Before Roe vs Wade, abortion was a state issue and some states had legal abortions and limited them to special circumstances. Abortion was not really talked about much. When young girls got pregnant, they either quietly had their babies and gave them up for adoption or the young man was forced to marry her in order the give the child a name. Another option was to find a doctor who would give the young girl a "D&C",which was an abortion.
Then along came feminism and when bras were burned, the radical feminists wanted total freedom to act as promiscuous as they wanted to without the burden or worrying about an unwanted pregnancy regardless of the fact that "the pill" had already liberated a lot of women.
I remember watching all the protests and debates on tv and crying because I could see what was coming. And it got even worse than I expected. That was the biggest power grab by the judiciary up until that time. Maybe now that we have gotten some good judges it can be sent back to the States and the people can decide like our forefathers intended.
Rant over. I will be quiet now.
Great post.