Posted on 08/09/2021 3:20:58 AM PDT by Kaslin
The Supreme Court of the United States will hear arguments in October concerning the constitutionality of a Mississippi law that bans abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy. It is anticipated that SCOTUS will either reverse Roe v. Wade or cut its heart out, rendering a decision with no real precedential value. Roe opened the door for abortion on demand and the subsequent deaths of more than 64 million unborn children. The time has come for SCOTUS to deal Roe a death-blow and put an end to abortion in the US.
In anticipation of this upheaval in the legal foundation of abortion, pro-life activists are planning strategies to be more effective than ever in a post-Roe environment. Last week, more than 200 such national leaders met in Virginia Beach to discuss and plan for this coming reality.
The training program was sponsored by the National Institute of Family and Life Advocates, or NIFLA, which has a network of more than 1,600 member pro-life pregnancy centers. Of these, more than 1,300 operate as medical clinics providing key medical services such as ultrasound diagnosis of pregnancy. In attendance were lawyers, physicians, medical professionals, management executives, volunteers, and board members of pro-life pregnancy centers.
There are more than 2,500 pro-life pregnancy centers nationwide that provide alternatives to abortion services, empowering mothers considering abortion to choose life. These life-affirming agencies have a major impact in reducing abortion in their community and creating a culture of life in America.
According to a recent study by Charlotte Lozier Institute, pro-life pregnancy centers provided more than $266 million in services to their clientele in 2019 — the vast majority of whom are seriously considering ending their pregnancies through abortion. Such services, provided at no cost, include:
-Medical services such as pregnancy diagnosis, ultrasound confirmation of pregnancy and STI testing and treatment
-Material resources such as diapers, baby clothes, cribs, maternity clothes
-Referrals for low-cost or free legal, medical, and counseling services
-Parenting education programs, referrals for adoption services, and more
The most impressive thing about the work of pro-life pregnancy centers and medical clinics is that their work is primarily supported through private donations, as opposed to government funds. Many volunteers that believe life is a better choice for any mother considering abortion provide countless hours of work, love and devotion for mothers coming to these centers. Trained medical staff, including nurses and doctors, also frequently donate their time to support women, babies and families.
One would think that the work of these centers would be hailed by all regardless of a person’s political view on abortion. Not so. For decades, the abortion industry, led by Planned Parenthood, has berated these agencies as “fake,” “fraudulent,” and “deceptive.” The multi-billion dollar movement of abortion proponents has gone after pregnancy centers in the media as well as state legislatures and the courts.
This onslaught against pro-life centers reached fever pitch when in 2015, California passed a law that required pro-life medical clinics to post on the walls of their office’s signs that promoted abortion and advised their patients how to obtain a state-funded abortion. SCOTUS had the last word on this attempt in its landmark ruling of NIFLA v. Becerra. In this ruling, the court held that such mandates violated the free speech rights of pro-life pregnancy centers and all Americans.
Now, SCOTUS is faced with another critical case regarding abortion. The overturning of Roe or a decision that cuts out its heart will clearly create major disruptions around the nation. The pro-abortion crowd and their woke movement supporters will angrily protest Roe’s loss of power and grip on the American public.
This fact was clearly in the minds of the pro-life activists who gathered in Virginia Beach last week. These dedicated leaders showed a deep resolve to meet the challenge which lies ahead.
After a significant victory by the Allied forces in World War II, Winston Churchill remarked, “This is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.”
The same will be true of the demise of Roe, which many feel is imminent. The cultural battle for the sanctity of life will become more intense in the months and years ahead. In the end, respect for innocent human life will prevail and a culture of life will become reality in America.
That’s like expecting the SCOTUS to overturn Dred Scott v. Sandford.
Talk about wishful thinking. I would love for R v W to be eliminated, but it’s clear that none of the 3 Trump appointees will vote accordingly. During their confirmation hearings, all 3 pledged to follow stare decisis, i.e., “to stand by things decided.”
The more likely pathway is a convention. Just keep working it, one state at a time.
Dear mercy, Freepers.......stuff your negativity and regain HOPE by praying for all the good folks in this article who haven’t given up and are girding their loins for battle!
What are you referring to?
It will never happen. The enemy has already threatened the SC and their families.
Pardon my cynicism. I just calls ‘em as I see ‘em.
That’s not what happened. The high court has too much power to be intimidated like that. The justices are left-wing ideologues, in fact.
The case was decided wrongly, and the decision itself is unconstitutional. The Court should never have heard it as it was the purview of the individual states legislatures to address the issue legislatively. Also, the decision created a National law which is the sole responsibility of Congress.
I was not being negative. Facts are facts. We already had one civil war thanks to bad precedent. You put your faith in humans and you’re going against God.
“put an end to abortion in the US”
The Supreme Court has no such power.
Mississippi could outlaw abortion but planes fly from Memphis and New Orleans to NYC, where abortion is highly likely to remain legal.
I would further argue that there is nothing enumerated in the Constitution that provides Congress with any power to legalize abortion. If anything, Congress could only constitutionally outlaw abortion by using its power to enforce a federal interest to protect and defend life and liberty. This would then requires the fundamental question to be answered - when does life begin? Roes basically held that it didn’t know. Science has only one answer - at conception. Except the science deniers don’t follow science when it goes against their agenda.
Also, for Congress to ban abortion in this scenario, it would create a clash with the states that legalized abortion. If history went down this road, where Roe held that abortion was reserved to the states under the 10th, in reality no clash would have occurred between the states and Congress. Congress would never have passed a law banning abortion because there was no upside in the wake of the 1960s sexual revolution and beyond.
The way to cut back on abortion is via Social Security.
Sorry, madame/sir, you can’t get Social Security until age 70, we have no child FICA contributions listed in your name.
Congress has the power to raise armies, and collateral necessary and proper power.
An aborted female baby will never serve in the US Army.
I think you are right, though one of the three might vote to overrule - which one is anyone’s guess but I think Kavanaugh is so compromised it wouldn’t be him. I say Roberts would uphold Roe.
Justices like to hide behind stare decisis when they need a way out from doing the right thing. They have no problem creating law out of nothing or ignore stare decisis when it is necessary to advance the left’s agenda. For example, homosexualizing marriage should have been thrown out of every court in the US, state and federal. And if it made it to the Supreme Court of Injustice, it should have been 9 - 0 that there was nothing unconstitutional about the existing marriage laws.
That’s another reason they are bringing in illegal aliens. To make up for the aborted children that aren’t alive and the homos who can’t biologically reproduce. They need the illegals’ votes and whatever little money they can steal from them too. Talk about modern day slavery.
Which then connects it to the $15 minimum wage, which is not about offsetting the cost of inflation and to help families make a living wage. I did a calculation elsewhere that if the original minimum wage were adjusted for inflation since 1938, it would be pegged at $4.25 in 2019 dollars. The $15/hr is needed to grab more money for the givernment ... except there is no more money. It is becoming worth less as second that goes by.
Yepp, and the left said abortion is private matter, no givernment interference with one’s body and there are no consequences. ANother lie.
SCOTUS won’t overturn RvW. They’ve made it clear that Satan is driving their train. If they were to take the teeth out of abortion at the Federal level, it would make it more difficult to provide babies for NIH-funded ghoulish experiments. That includes harvesting organs while the baby is still living (and without anesthetic).
“one of the three might vote to overrule”
Gorsuch might vote to overrule. I agree with you about Kavanagh, and I think Amy Coney Hot Dog will go along to get along.
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