January 23, 2006
RWR'S GREATEST LEGACY:
Pro-life groups see brighter days (Joyce Howard Price, January 23, 2006, THE WASHINGTON TIMES)
"The pro-life movement is in the best position it has ever been in," said Wendy Wright, executive vice president of Concerned Women for America (CWA).Posted by Orrin Judd at January 23, 2006 12:05 AM
Pro-life advocates are excited about broad abortion bans proposed by lawmakers in two states, Ohio and Indiana.
It's their hope that these bills become law and that the statutes are eventually considered and upheld by a more conservative U.S. Supreme Court in a challenge to the Jan. 22, 1973, ruling in Roe v. Wade that abortion was a constitutional right.
"We're seeing, after many years of education and work, that people are beginning to understand the pro-life movement. The culture is shifting to a more pro-life perspective," said Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council, which opposes abortion.
Comments
Ayotte v. Planned Parenthood sets up the scenario for the dismanteling of the baby-murder machine, one piece at a time. One of these new statutes gets fine-tuned by the Court of Appeals, the Supreme Court denies cert, or takes off another chip, and little by little the frog is cooked.
There is a teaching here. Baby-murder, like racial quotas, is fragile. The "super-dooper precedents" installing these monstrosities are fragile, hollow shells. Havin been built on smoke and shadows, sometimes most literally, they are likewise easily dispelled,
Posted by: Lou Gots at January 23, 2006 7:45 PM