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Brochure of the Month: January 2022
Roe v. Wade: Questons and Answers
In 1973, the Supreme Court make abortion legal throughout the nation. Together with the companion decision, Doe v. Bolton, the court ruled that states could not prohibit abortion in the first two trimesters, and even up until birth, must allow it to preserve the mother’s health, with health defined to include emotional health. Hence abortion was legalized up until birth for virtually any reason, a national policy more extreme than the law of any state. Even legal experts who favor legalized abortion agree that Roe is bad law. But when a 1992 decision reaffirmed the right to abortion before viability, three justices upheld Roe only because it had been in place for many years and many people had come to rely on the availability of abortion. They actually stated that the belief that a prior case was wrongly decided was not enough reason to overrule it!
Roe has been used not only to allow over 60 million abortions, killing babies and traumatizing women and men, but also to justify assisted suicide, the lethal neglect of handicapped newborns, and to demand legal recognition of same-sex marriage.
There is a good possibility that Roe v. Wade will be overturned in 2022. If that happens, some states will immediately ban abortions, others will allow it, some up until birth. Women in pro-life states can travel to other states to obtain one. The only state bordering Texas which is likely to continue to allow abortion without severe restrictions is New Mexico. Abortion pills will still be available illegally online, and there may still be surgical abortions available illegally as well.
The bulletin insert version of the article can be found in English and Spanish.
The article is available at the Hospitality desk in the church, and in the AMC.