Splitting the Baby

The U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington on May 17, 2021. The Supreme Court said that day that it will hear a Mississippi abortion case that challenges Roe v. Wade. Drew Angerer/Getty Images

Commentary

There’s a biblical story that tells about King Solomon being asked to adjudicate between two women both claiming to be the true mother of a child. Solomon declared that since there was no way to resolve the dispute, he would have the baby split in two, and each woman could then receive half.