Posted on 07/10/2022 8:58:08 PM PDT by lightman
n a monumental development, the Supreme Court overturned the Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion in all fifty states. This is incredible news. Roe v. Wade, an environmental disaster on the moral ecology of our nation, harmed society in general and women in particular.
Roe is widely recognized as the most controversial court decision in recent history, as it ruled that an entire class of human beings—unborn human beings—would be denied the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Roe’s ruling both threatened and diminished the civil rights movement’s gains for this class of individuals.
Roe was fundamentally flawed because it told a lie about reality: that unborn human beings are the property of their mothers. Many pro-choice Americans have argued that the unborn human is a part of the mother’s body, yet this perspective is flawed because the unborn child has his or her own DNA. Other abortion proponents contend that the unborn human is a parasite, yet this perspective fails because the unborn person soon will mature and live on his or her own—if given the chance.
Yet, Roe v. Wade abandoned the part and parasite arguments, and instead opted to view the unborn human as the woman’s property. Under the ruling, the state may not interfere with a woman’s right to dispose of her property unless there is a “compelling state interest” and even then, only after the first trimester.
This perspective is deeply troublesome and especially ironic, given that the United States has supposedly repudiated the view that a human being—such as a slave—could be viewed as property. Indeed, the Court’s view had to be overturned; human beings should never be viewed as property. Rather, they should be viewed as persons who possess the same dignity and rights as every other American.
Yet, Roe v. Wade not only told a lie about reality; it has also eroded the moral foundations of our civic community and numbed our collective consciences. Clearly the Roe ruling harmed unborn human beings who are the weakest and most vulnerable Americans; it robbed them of the opportunity to pursue life, liberty, and happiness. But Roe also inflicted harm on society at large and women in particular.
Roe harmed women by encouraging them to be comfortable with using lethal violence against the human being in the womb. It further catalyzed male tendencies toward irresponsibility and predatory sexual behavior. And in so doing, it exacerbated our society’s trend toward instability in relationships and marriages.
Roe harmed society in myriad ways. It harmed men by stripping them of the ability to protect their own child. It harmed law-governed democracy by teaching citizens that it is morally acceptable to use lethal violence to solve their problems. It undermined America’s system of checks and balances because it bypassed the legislature, made a decision about morality from the bench, and inserted into the Constitution a right that did not exist.
Roe gave America abortion on demand, and thus has wreaked havoc on our society, killing babies and hurting women, men, families, democratic values, and cultural institutions. Instead of reinforcing our natural desire to protect the weakest and most vulnerable among us, it demanded that we adjust our consciences to the use of brutal, lethal violence against them.
As Americans committed to justice, equality, and the rule of law, therefore, we must now find better, healthier solutions for parents who experience unwanted pregnancies and for unborn human beings whose lives are crushed in the process. Therefore, let us ensure that unborn humans are protected in law and welcomed in life. With Roe v. Wade at long last behind us, let us recognize both in law and culture the full dignity and personhood of every American, inside and outside of the womb. And let us neither weary nor rest in this worthy pursuit.
Roe v. Wade was the 20th Century's Dred Scott.
What Roe really did was allow women to not be held responsible for their piss poor decisions. They could always kill the problem they helped create.
If you didn’t create this new life to begin with, you would not have a problem.
Now they have to take more responsibility and perhaps demand more from that guy they are attracted to at the bar on a Friday night.
And consider the cost of slutting around a little more than they did in the past.
Don’t get me wrong when I was young and single I loved sluts. I would have never married one of them, but they were nice toys. I presume they thought I was a toy also.
Not mentioned often but quite a bit of Roe was based on the need for population control. In the 70s, eco zealots asserted over population was threatening the earth. Over population was the global warming scare of the day. Abortion became a sacrament of human sacrifice to the pagan god Gaia.
The 8 week+ unborn baby feels real physical pain during an abortion.
Yes, every abortion kills an innocent human being. Even more alarming is the fact that beginning at the 8th week of development, an unborn baby that is aborted feels pain during the abortion. The baby feels both psychological and real physical, organic pain. Let that sink in. Of course, whether or not abortion is a painful experience to the unborn child being aborted, the child is left no less dead as a result. In talking about the question of fetal pain, we must remember that it ultimately has no bearing on the morality of abortion.
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RvW had nothing whatsoever to do with who owns what/who. It created a right out of a fantastical reading of the Const and history and precedent.
The Const enumerates no such right. Historical and legal precedent gives no overriding moral or legal basis for creating or inferring same. So, RvW was based on a lie — that a court can create what the legislature has neglected to deal with. That was morally and legally WRONG! And, it was just another example of judicial activism : “I’m smarter than you bumpkins so I’ll do what the People won’t.”
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