A day to remember a moral and judicial abomination
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Thirty-five years ago today, the Supreme Court of the United States held in Roe v. Wade that a woman has a constitutional right to kill her unborn child. There is much I could say about Roe, which I believe is, hands down, the worst judicial decision in the history of our constitutional republic. But for today, I will hold my tongue.
Instead, I would like to acknowledge the tireless efforts of the foot soliders in the pro-life movement; many of whom will brave the cold today to stand up for a "Culture of Life" in this country. God Bless you all. Thank you for being a voice for the voiceless; for being people who are willing to defend the most vulnerable members of our society. It is a call that we all should heed. As Pope John Paul the Great once remarked:
The inviolability of the person, which is a reflection of the absolute inviolability of God, finds its primary and fundamental expression in the inviolability of human life. Above all, the common outcry, which is justly made on behalf of human rights -- for example, the right to health, to home, to work, to family, to culture -- is false and illusory if the right to life, the most basic and fundamental right and the condition of all other personal rights, is not defended with maximum determination . . . The human being is entitled to such rights in every phase of development, from conception until natural death, whether healthy or sick, whole or handicapped, rich or poor . . . [Moreover, if,] indeed, everyone has the mission and responsibility of acknowledging the personal dignity of every human being and of defending the right to life, some lay faithful are given particular title to this task: such as parents, teachers, healthworkers and the many who hold economic and political power.
And to that, all I can add is: Amen.
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That was Dred Scott, but I don't know that it was worse. At least states could still prohibit slavery. While the court should have ruled differently there, it was not up to them to write the thirteenth amendment. They had to allow states to allow the practice.
I'd still almost be inclined to say Casey was worse than Roe.
plurality holding - there was no majority on anything - was that a lawfully held slave did not become free by being transported to and living in a free state.
It's significance was not that it upheld slavery, the question wasn't asked at all because there was no question that Scott was lawfully a slave, but that it meant that slaveholders could transport their slaves into the Territories and they would remain bound even if the Territory had banned slavery.
The essense of the Douglas position was that the Territories should be able to choose whether to be free or slave and be accepted as states with that choice recognized by the US. Essentially, Dred Scott ended that line of thinking as it meant that slaves could be brought into the territories without regard to the choice of free or slave. And then came The War.
In Vino Veritas
'A Culture of Life' begins in the home, Parents, Family, Truth, Values, and Education.
Without these people grow up and are learning to fend for themselves, thus many become greedy 'all about me generations', thus leading to 'down with the man' attitudes because they don't see authority as a respectable concept.
I like to stand up for my own rights and speak my own mind, and was raised in a very healthy way. I don't consider that good luck, I consider it as having a good family, thus that lead me away from drugs, crime and taught me about sacrifice and hard work.
How many of our politicians actually work to lead us, or just do take up time bashing each other and blaming someone else for failures, day in and day out it happens, even to the highest of them.
I look for leadership, not someone that will just go in and start outlawing abortion, gay marriage, and such. But someone that will lead the people to a higher plane of thought, so that they can make their own descions through the states, not judges and politicans. First we have to fix the public education system before we can tackle abortion or welfare reforms. People have to learn a new way of life, a new way to think, not just another 'me generation'.
without educating children ourselves without teachers unions or liberal agendas is the only way to change America from the inside, not by just slapping a law in the books, that just causes blackmarkets, back-alley abortions, deaths. With Education will come the real change in America.
Vote for Romney!
You almost sound like a liberal worrying about "back alley" abortions. I don't think that is a legitimate or realistic concern. Even if it were, would you want to allow a woman to kill her born child if she threatened to kill herself if she couldn't?
Anyway, the primary problem so many people neglect is the lack of JUSTICE. It's not a personal issue. It's not about behavior or conduct or lifestyle choices. Justice should be the primary issue of concern here.
If you want to effect change by education, you'll have to start with the medical schools to not include or treat abortion as a legitimate medical procedure.
These young individuals who journey to DC every year are the people who give me some hope for the future.
I would only say that Casey was a worse decision. Not only did the Court affim Roe, it do so while employing what might me the worst logic of any decision ever rendered by the Court in its history.
Thanks for remembering Alexham. And thanks to all those who march and fight for the cause. Sometimes it can be discouraging to know how long it takes to bring about change. But, just like abolition, change takes time.
If I am not mistaken, Plessy V. Ferguson essentially upheld the practice of slavery, which would make it the worst decision, but Roe is #2.