Many people broke laws to help slaves flee to safety and freedom, too. There are times when the laws are not just or moral, and must be broken--and eventually, hopefully, changed. I hope we never ever again have to sit by while a woman is starved to death.
Or, maybe this is the Democrats' plan to save social security--just starve to death anyone over 50; problem solved.
Amen, amen....
Exactly. Sometimes the end justifies the means.
As an example in prolife lectures, I always used the case of a burning building with a child at the window. A passerby, to become a rescuer, must break the minor law against trespass to serve the higher law of saving a life.
Intervention in favor of life trumps minor civil law every time.