I submit to you Roe would be largely moot were it not for philosophical bent of SCOTUS for the last several decades.
Consider the ramifications to our society if over the span of the last fifty years "speech" was interpreted as "that which is spoken."
Can you imagine the influence of the modern liberal if they had to actually assemble their positions into cogent arguments? Or if the doctrine of "no such thing as a false idea" were not operative? Wouldn't you like to be able to bring class action suites against news organizations with a demonstrable intention of manipulating public opinion?
I've been saying for years that it's only a matter of time before someone brings a class action lawsuit against a publication for journalistic malpractice. I even sent an e-mail to one publication who published an incoherent article about a crime committed with a "bolt-action Mauser assault weapon", warning that such a thing was going to happen to them some day, and I couldn't wait. The article was corrected within hours.