Lauren Simpson: Overturning Roe isn’t the way forward

The nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the U.S. Supreme Court has once again reignited political debates about the future of Roe v. Wade, with many conservative lawmakers itching to see it overturned.Roe affirms a constitutional right to privacy inherent in the 14th Amendment which protects the right to have an abortion. (A subsequent case, Planned Parenthood v. Casey, gave us our current framework that restricts government from placing an undue burden on a person seeking abortion until the poin