Could New Trump Supreme Court Nominee Only Weaken, ‘Not Kill’ Legal Abortion?

Clarence Thomas is the only member of the U.S. Supreme Court on record as supporting overturning Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that legalized abortion throughout the country, an Associated Press news story points out.
That leads some observers to think that even if President Donald Trump replaces pro-Roe Anthony Kennedy with a strict constructionist, the new majority on the court may opt to uphold abortion restrictions rather than dispatch Roe.