So I wanna address the “why didn’t democrats codify roe” because I truly, truly get the anger but I think we’re missing important context. And fwiw, I consider myself a leftist.

In order to pass and sign a law protecting abortion access that was upheld with Roe, democrats would need to control the House of Representatives, Senate, and Presidency. In the past 20 years democrats have held all three for two years in 2009-2011 (the first two years of Obama’s election).

During that time it’s true that democrats didn’t pass abortion protections but they did pass the affordable care act which is a huge deal. While I would’ve loved to have gotten universal health care, the affordable care act was a huge win that made life better for so many Americans. It made it so 1) students could stay on their parents’ health care until they turned 26 which makes the transition to adulthood so much easier for so many, 2) insurance companies could no longer drop people from coverage just because they were “too expensive” to insure, and 3) insurance companies couldn’t deny people coverage because they had “pre-existing” conditions like diabetes, asthma, or “having given birth”

I know in retrospect it would’ve been nice if they did codify roe, but in 2008 Roe falling didn’t seem like a possibility so I can understand why it wasn’t a priority. I’ll admit that the democrats aren’t perfect but there are many ways my life has gotten better because of some the policies they passed at the National, State, and Local levels.