I have two opinions about this. The first I’ll say is I never wanted this outcome. I don’t think it’s really necessary.
That being said, Roe was a reach when the opinion was written. Even avid women’s rights activist Ruth Bader Ginsberg argued there was no constitutional precedent.
My second opinion is this will probably be the last victory for the right for a while. If this opinion goes through, the left will galvanize in ways never seen before. They’ll either win enough seats to pass actual legislation to protect abortion rights, or even better yet pass an actual amendment. They need 60 seats so they just need to win 10 more this year in the midterms. On top of that they’ll push to win more state seats and Governor seats. As a backup plan or even as a one-two punch with the federal legislation, they can pass state legislation to protect this.
I’ve said before this is the number one losing issue for the right and by trying to get a victory here, they’ll probably lose the next several major battles. At the very least, though, if the Democrats can pass state bills across the board and maybe even that constitutional amendment, it’ll be all over. This issue will be over. Once those two things happen, it’s not even a battle anymore. They lost.
Because all this opinion does is kick it back to the states, to continue the fight, but an amendment would end the states battles or if they pass state legislation, game over.