For this
Constitution Monday I wish to discuss the Right to Life. January 22 was the forty-third anniversary of
the day that the Supreme Court of the United States decided to legalize
abortion. On January 22, 1973, the
Justices made the decisions (Roe v. Wade and
Doe v. Bolton) that “abortion would be legal and available on demand across the country.
“These decisions defied the
spirit and the letter of the Constitution; invalidated 50 state laws; denied
the truth about the dignity of all human life and the humanity of the unborn;
and ushered in the greatest human rights scandal of our time: an abortion industry that has claimed the
lives of more than 50 million of our brothers and sisters … and counting.”
One year later on January 22,
1974, the March for Life was born. Every
year on January 22 thousands of Americans go to the Capitol building in
Washington, D.C., “celebrate life and to stand up for the truth about the
unborn.” The weather does not seem to
matter. The determination of the
defenders of the unborn was shown this year when thousands of people braved “the
storm of century” in the March for Life.
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