Two years after the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision, which overturned Roe v. Wade and returned the abortion issue to the people and their elected representatives, many are struggling to accept the reality of republican government: Strong public support is necessary for the effective enforcement of the laws.
During the 1858 Lincoln–Douglas debates, Abraham Lincoln told the audience in Ottawa, Illinois: “In this and like communities, public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can fail; without it, nothing can succeed. Consequently, he who molds public sentiment goes deeper than he who enacts statutes or pronounces decisions. He makes statutes and decisions possible or impossible to be executed.”
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