Roe vs. McCain

The Road Back to January 21st, 1973

I turned 19 that day, and on the next day, January 22nd, 1973, the supreme court decided Roe vs Wade.

Because we all now know that human life begins at conception, the lawmakers and Supreme Court Justices in Washington should simply sit down together and do the right thing... Make abortion illegal. After all, the unborn have civil rights... Rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. There! The solution is simple!

But since the unborn cannot vote, and because there is little honor or moral decency in Washington, this will not happen.

Another possibility is a pro-life amendment to the Constitution, but Roe has done its job and has changed the thinking of America... And there is simply insufficient support for such an amendment.

So what is the first step?

The road back to January 21, 1973 will be as methodical and gradual as Roe was abrupt. But by definition, it must start with overturning Roe.

I've heard some say that overturning Roe is not enough! That abortion will simply fall to the states to decide, and the states no more have the right to make laws concerning the fate of the unborn than does the Supreme Court!

That thinking is principled and very pretty, but it does nothing to deal with the reality we face. It does not offer a first step.

But if after Roe is overturned and abortion is still legal... Nothing changes?

No. Everything changes.
Everything changes when state legislators begin making laws restricting abortion. Everything changes when the first state bans it outright. Everything changes when city councils get to decide if they want an abortion mill in their town. Everything changes when abortion is not a decree sent down from the black-robed gods on Mount Olympus, but rather becomes the responsibility of the voter to decide... And fair-minded people will slowly choose to do the right thing... As they take that responsibility. Their hearts, and the law, will slowly begin to change.

In November either we will take a step towards this change, or the process will be set back 20 years.

So to all you Conservative Christians and Constitutional Purists, standing on your principles and soap boxes, with your arms folded and your jaws set... I say this: Good for you! But it's time to step back into reality and do what is best for the unborn.

There is a first step... And we need to work towards it.

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