Would overturning Roe actually depoliticize the abortion debate?

[MarkD]

No, it certainly would not depoliticize the debate, but overturning Roe and Casey would mean that OUR opinions about abortion matter the most, not the opinions of a committee of lifetime-appointed lawyers in Washington D.C.
JD, don't assume that all pro-lifers are the same, and that they would all want to make sure that some branch of the federal government bans abortion nationwide. I believe many pro-lifers would be satisfied with the prospect that some other states make abortion legal so long as their own state bans it. This would include pro-lifers who recognize that the Constitution is silent on the topic of abortion, so no branch of the federal government is delegated the power to ban abortion across the entire nation. And so many Americans self-identify as "pro-choice" that there will probably never be a political coalition strong enough to take over Congress; the only danger lies is whether "pro-life," conservative judges - who don't really care about the originally-understood meaning of the Constitution - might become a majority of the SCOTUS.

[MarkD]

I have been wondering whether the pro-choice movement is going to rally around an explicit goal of retaking control of the Supreme Court in order to reinstate Roe v. Wade as the prevailing law of the land (notwithstanding Roe's trimester framework -- just using viability as the only line that marks when a government can or cannot regulate abortion -- but reinstating the legal principle that choosing to get an abortion is a fundamental right; legislation that interferes with the right must be strictly scrutinized). Although I would not agree with pursuing that strategy, I can understand why most pro-choicers might pursue it. If Trump can make a campaign promise to appoint "pro-life" people to the Court, with a goal of overturning an important precedent, then our side should elect a president who promises to appoint pro-choice people to the Supreme Court, with the goal of overturning Dobbs, and reinstating most of the principles that were in the original precedent .