That to solve complex and thorny moral issues. not just abortion. many others and worked well. that s why this has been a stable country because we get to rule ourselves. roe v. wade took that right away. in a single 1973 decision, the high court bans democracy from the debate over abortion. justices prohibited the states from enacting abortion restrictions that their own citizens strongly prefer. that meant going forward, alabama would be required to have the same abortion laws as massachusetts. some people love this. of course people in massachusetts loveded it. people in became became hated it. there was nothing that anybody could do about it because supreme court had cut voters out of the equation. as a result of that, the issue of abortion was never resolved. things are not resolved by fiat. only consent. it s the core of democracy and it s true. as a result of this short