Should we let go of Roe?

With Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court short-circuited the political debate that we needed to have about abortion if the issue was ever to be successfully terminated. It appears that the court is about to short-circuit debate again, with untold harm befalling countless women and families. But

will short-term pain at least result in long-term gain? Will the matter be settled politically as it has been in most enlightened representative democracies, even Ireland of late?

Required reading:
✓ "How can someone who calls herself pro-choice oppose Roe v. Wade? Let me count the ways: Let Roe Go by Megan McArdle (Washington Post).

Extra credit:
✓ Europeans may have stricter abortion laws, but Americans have less abortion access: Abortion Is Different in Europe Because Religion Is Different in Europe by Amanda Marcotte (Slate).
✓ Why Is the US Still Hung Up on the Abortion Debate? A Bioethics Perspective by George Dvorsky (io9).
✓ Leo Varadkar vows legal terminations by end of year after huge vote for change: Ireland votes by landslide to legalise abortion (Guardian).
✓ A proposed law to ban abortion outright has sent thousands of Poles onto the streets, coat hangers held aloft and drawn on posters -- a long-standing symbol of dangerous self-induced or back-alley abortions: 'Coat Hanger Rebellion' Grips Poland by Cassandra Vinograd and Eva Gallica (NBC News)