How Business Leaders Can Navigate Roe and Other Matters

Our essay on the gap between the American public and SCOTUS on Roe v. Wade has generated some larger conversations about how to navigate thorny political matters.

Our view is simple: when you see a gap between public opinion and government action – even when the gap is not as stark as the below graphic – step into that void. That's a safe space to raise your voice.

Do you think abortions should be legal under any circumstances, legal only under certain circumstances or illegal in all circumstances?

Similar to Roe, for instance, the overwhelming majority of Americans believe our country should have stricter gun laws, according to a long-running Gallup study.

Every business has its own goals and stakeholders to keep in mind. But there's a special burden on business leaders – whose enterprises are treated as "citizens" when it comes to political spending – to raise their voices, especially on issues that destabilize our democracy, such as a judiciary that's out of step with the public.