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Ross Douthat: How Roe v. Wade warped the republic

A nationalized abortion debate split America along lines of class and religion.

(Damon Winter | The New York Times) The sun sets beyond a the statue Contemplation of Justice, on the grounds of the Supreme Court building in Washington, Dec. 3, 2021. The sorting that defines our politics today — a right that's working-class, rural and religious, a liberalism of the city and the secular and the managerial class — was accelerated by the divisions over Roe, Ross Douthat writes.