In effect, it did. It was up to individuals to define the meaninging of life, and all that.
The judges' failure to protect innocent unborn life in law is a grievous sin of ommission equal in magnitude to a positive command to mass murder. Agnosticism in the face of evil is as bad as, if not worse than, a positive embrace of evil.
"I wish that you were hot or cold..."
--Jesus
Not at all. It removed the protection of the law from a class of humans. It did not redefine the meaning of life or what is or is not a human.
The judges' failure to protect innocent unborn life in law is a grievous sin of ommission equal in magnitude to a positive command to mass murder.
Most states allow people absolute impunity under the law to use deadly force with intruders. Occasionally, innocent people are killed because of this. Is this also a sin of omission?