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If even one state bans abortion, the overall number of abortions will go down, meaning actual lives will be saved. I live in CA and I've seen how legal, readily available abortion services make it very difficult for a pregnant woman in distress to resist abortion as a solution. (I live in the Valley, and every day I pass a storefront half a mile from my house. The sign in the window essentially reads in big letters: schedule an abortion for as soon as you'd like; credit cards accepted; in and out in under three hours. Women facing unplanned pregnancies would have to have superhuman strength not to at least consider having an abortion when it's that "easy".) If North Dakota, for example, bans abortion, many women would travel out of state for abortions; but some women, given the extra effort it would take to abort, take time to think about what they would be doing. Also, even states such as California, where it is unlikely a total ban would be passed, may consider banning late abortions, which Roe V. Wade currently protects. Believe me, the pro-choice folks have good reason to worry if Roe v. Wade is overturned. The United States currently has the world's most liberal abortions laws, but the reversal would begin if Roe v. Wade is overturned.