The strange, sudden, bipartisan avoidance of Roe v. Wade

The nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court could prove pivotal on abortion rights. As was first revealed last week, Barrett in 2006 signed on to a newspaper ad calling for “an end to the barbaric legacy of Roe v. Wade.” And even if a new 6-to-3 conservative majority wouldn’t overturn Roe, it could allow the court to chip away at abortion rights in many other ways — as Barrett has more recently suggested.

But you almost wouldn’t know that by watching last week’s presidential debate and Wednesday...