I’m sorry for the multiple replies - I just keep remembering one more thing.
had half a century to codify Roe v. Wade
In this case I’m going to steal these comments from one I had saved a month ago, penned by @MegaUltraChicken :
Since 1981 Democrats have had control of the Presidency and Congress a whopping 4 years. One 2 year period under Clinton and one under Obama. That’s without factoring in the ability to fillibuster in the Senate. In over 40 years they’ve only had control 10% of the time.
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That period of filibuster-proof control during Obama’s term is why we have the ACA. It was ~70 days and they passed the largest healthcare overhaul in generations.