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I think while Roe will probably not be "technically" overturned, future cases will progressively erode the right to abortion, especially for poor women. The prolife forces will never give up, and they will continue to whittle away at Roe, as they did in the Casey decision.
Since it's now firmly established (Casey) that "viability" is the criterion where the heavy hand of the state comes into play, the continual advancement of life-support technology will inevitably shrink the window of choice, and push it back earlier and earlier in the pregnancy, at least for the vast majority of women who can't afford to "adopt" their fetuses out to spectacularly expensive life support. It might not be long before the U.S. reaches a point where any embryo, regardless of size, becomes technologically viable.
So we might soon reach a point where, even in the first trimester, "choice" becomes:
1. adopt to life support, pay big bucks
2. carry to term
3. get arrested
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