Will America Ever End Abortion on Demand?

            Families, communities, and nations are stronger when babies and children are protected. So many babies have been aborted worldwide that the populations of most nations have fallen below the replacement level.

            The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization several months ago, and they will soon issue their ruling. Their ruling could overturn some or all of Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey. If the justices rule in favor of Dobbs, the question of abortion will be returned to the states.

The Democrats are so hungry for power that they tried to codify abortion into law despite the fact that the majority of Americans are not in favor of such a law. The good thing is that the most recent abortion bill failed to pass in the Senate. Nicole Russell beliefs that the real story is not that the “abortion bill failed, but the fact that it was crafted at all.” 

This particular abortion bill is so expansive, so ghoulish, it’s truly shameful that Democrats even tried to codify such provisions in law. It demonstrates just what they would do, if given enough power. It also directly contradicts the majority of Americans’ views on abortion.

The Senate failed to invoke cloture and proceed to a vote Feb. 28 on the House-passed version of the Women’s Health Protection Act, HR 3755.

This stunningly progressive legislation is “a radical proposal to mandate unfettered abortion access in federal law,” warned Melanie Israel, policy analyst at The Heritage Foundation’s DeVos Center for Religion and Civil Society….

Although the abortion bill failed, it’s important to see why Democrats crafted such legislation and what the measure would have done if enacted into law.

            The Democrats know that Roe and Casey could be overturned, so they crafted another law to revive them. Thomas Jipping claims that the Women’s Health Protection Act was “far more radical than even Roe v. Wade itself.” Russell shared some of key provisions of the bill.

Crafted on a faulty promise, the legislation repeatedly mentions the “constitutional right to terminate a pregnancy.” [This claim has been debunked by “many” justices.]

One of the worst aspects of the Democrats’ bill is its sweeping scope, including its claim that Congress’ power to regulate interstate commerce gives it authority to control state and local abortion legislation.

The legislation would have repealed all existing state laws that specify abortion restrictions or protect the unborn in some way, endangering laws that ban late-term abortions. Never mind that 71% of Americans say they favor more abortion restrictions, even those who aren’t ardently pro-life.

The bill also would have prohibited future laws regulating abortions and the abortion industry. This is especially gut-wrenching, because as technology has improved and our understanding of the human body has grown, abortion laws have reflected such progress.

If passed, this measure would have had the effect of wiping out those advancements and decades of consensus among politicians on both sides of the aisle, who slowly have begun to recognize the personhood of the unborn.

            The Women’s Health Protection Act would have prohibited laws to protect the unborn. This would include protecting them from genetic testing. The law would also end protection for survivors of abortion. The law would have also stopped laws that would require women be given time and information to make informed decisions about abortion. In addition, it would prevent “laws that would prevent taxpayer dollars from subsidizing the abortion industry.” The Democrat bill would have ended most of the abortion regulations at the state level. In the words of Jipping, “The bill, in fact, tries mightily to erase, avoid, or deny any suggestion, hint, or whisper that a second human being exists at all.”

            Science has made many advances since Roe and Casey were made the law of the land. However, Democrats do not want these scientific advances to curtail their power in any way. Nevertheless, the American people are “slowly but steadily” becoming more pro-life because they understand what science is telling us. We know better now than we ever did before that every abortion takes the life of an unborn human being.