The “Blow” of Roe V. Wade January 22, 1973
This coming January of 2009 will mark the 36th anniversary of one of the most darkest days in American history – the day the U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling in a landmark case called Roe V. Wade. In what researchers call “a historic decision,” the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that women, as part of their constitutional right to privacy, can terminate a pregnancy during its first two trimesters. Only during the last trimester, when the fetus can survive outside the womb, would states be permitted to regulate abortion of a healthy pregnancy. The controversial ruling, essentially reversing a century of anti-abortion legislation in the United States, was the result of a call by many American women for control over their own reproductive processes. Although defended by the Supreme Court on several occasions, the legalization of abortion became a divisive and intensely emotional public issue. The debate intensified during the 1980s, and both pro-choice and pro-life organizations strengthened their membership and political influence. Republican presidents Ronald Reagan and George Bush used their executive authority to legislate abortion clinic guidelines that restricted free practice of the procedure. However, in 1986, and again in 1989 and 1992, the Supreme Court narrowly reaffirmed the decision, and in 1993 President Bill Clinton, a Democrat, overturned his predecessors’ anti-abortion legislation within days of taking office. In 2005, the retirement of Supreme Court justice Sandra Day O’Connor, who though conservative had helped block efforts to overturn Roe v. Wade, has led to fears from those seeking to protect this damnable law that the legislation might be vulnerable to reversal. Since 1973, nearly 49 million babies have been aborted since this law’s passage. According to the Roe decision, most laws against abortion in the United States violated a constitutional right to privacy under the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. The decision overturned all state and federal laws outlawing or restricting abortion that were inconsistent with its holdings. Roe v. Wade is one of the most controversial and politically significant cases in U.S. Supreme Court history. Its lesser-known companion case, Doe v. Bolton, was decided at the same time. The central holding of Roe v. Wade was that abortions are permissible for any reason a woman chooses, up until the “point at which the fetus becomes ‘viable,’ that is, potentially able to live outside the mother’s womb, albeit with artificial aid. Viability is usually placed at about seven months (28 weeks) but may occur earlier, even at 24 weeks.” The Court also held that abortion after viability must be available when needed to protect a woman’s health, which the Court defined broadly in the companion case of Doe v. Bolton. These court rulings affected laws in 46 states. The Roe v. Wade decision has sunk into a political debate while God views it as a Spiritual issue and a nation’s statement of rebellion against the Creator who forbids the shedding of innocent blood. It is interesting to note that today (1-22-2008) has been one of the most volatile days in recent history on the world’s global financial markets. The Dow Jones Industrial has lost nearly 600 points in 3 days here in America while other markets have struck fear the world’s economy may be headed for recession. I am not going to speculate there is any connection but I will say this. If we keep shedding innocent blood in this land and doing it with under the guise of legal abortion, words cannot describe the accountability we will face as a nation before God. In 2005 Democratic Presidential nominee Hilary Clinton said this at a luncheon in New York City: “Thank you all very much for having me. I am so pleased to be here two days after the 32nd anniversary of Roe v. Wade, a landmark decision that struck a blow for freedom and equality for women. Today Roe is in more jeopardy than ever, and I look forward to working with all of you as we fight to defend it in the coming years.” (Hilary Clinton, speaking in 2005 at the NYS Family Planning Provide Source: http://clinton.senate.gov/~clinton/speeches/2005125A05.html Roe V. Wade stuck a blow alright, but NOT for freedom and equality for women as Mrs. Clinton so wickedly proclaimed just 3 years ago but made it legal for the innocent slaughter of nearly 50 million babies since 1973. Their blood is crying from the ground of America’s soil as we have literally become a “valley of slaughter.” I ask a question as I close this post. With 48,589,993 abortions (reported by CDC) since 1973 – Is this the blow that Roe v. Wade “struck” for freedom and equality for women Mrs. Clinton? Read our Journal: http://spiritjournals.com/Journals/Journals%202008/Messages/bloodcrying.htm
