I think Thomas is laying the groundwork FOR Roe v Wade to be overturned.
On Roe V Wade... So we conservatives are clear, we need to have the argument right.
There is no “overturning” Roe V Wade. The case made a state law banning abortion “unconstitutional” on the grounds of “privacy”. Things not in the constitution; 1) Abortion 2) Privacy 3) health care 4) contraceptives. It was a bad ruling because the SCOTUS had no legitimate basis or grounds to rule. They should have thrown out the privacy issue and ruled, there being no federal statute, or specific language in the constitution, the states reserve the rights to their own laws.
In short, if the SCOTUS hears a case and broadly states that each state may govern itself in the matter of abortion, it would be the same as if Roe V Wade were rejected from a hearing in the SCOTUS. THAT is what dems fear.
The SCOTUS is not going to rule that abortion should be illegal or disallowed, EVER.