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The '''Roe effect''' is the name for how the court case ''[[Roe v. Wade]]'', which legalized [[abortion]] nationwide in the [[United States]], affected the political leanings of Americans by diminishing the number of [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] voters. Simply put, since those who favor legal abortion are much more likely to get one than those who oppose it, and since children often follow their parents' political leanings, support for legal abortions will decline over time, simply because pro-choice parents will have fewer children than they might otherwise have had. Since people frequently associate their views with political parties, those parties that oppose abortion, such as conservative parties, including the [[Republican Party|Republican Party]], could gain power over time. James Taranto of the ''Wall Street Journal'' named this fact and has discussed it extensively in his Opinionjournal.com column "Best of the Web Today." He cites statistics to support his case, such as evidence that current college-age students (born after abortion's legalization) oppose abortion more now than students in earlier years.
The '''Roe effect''' is the name for how the court case ''[[Roe v. Wade]]'', which legalized [[abortion]] nationwide in the [[United States]], affected the political leanings of Americans by diminishing the number of [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] voters. Simply put, since those who favor legal abortion are much more likely to get one than those who oppose it, and since children often follow their parents' political leanings, support for legal abortions will decline over time, simply because pro-choice parents will have fewer children than they might otherwise have had. Since people frequently associate their views with political parties, those parties that oppose abortion, such as conservative parties, including the [[Republican Party|Republican Party]], could gain power over time. James Taranto of the ''Wall Street Journal'' named this fact and has discussed it extensively in his Opinionjournal.com column "Best of the Web Today." He cites statistics to support his case, such as evidence that current college-age students (born after abortion's legalization) oppose abortion more now than students in earlier years.