Roe v. Wade

January 22 is the 38^th anniversary of the most dangerous Supreme Court ruling in U.S. history -- Roe v. Wade -- the ruling that had the effect of legalizing abortion across the country.

The ruling  in 1973 came during a week full of news. America’s involvement in the Vietnam war was coming to an end. The Texan whose presidency was consumed by that war, Lyndon Johnson, died. The president who inherited the war from LBJ, Richard Nixon, began his second term. And on January 22, 1973, the Supreme Court handed down its ruling in Roe v. Wade.

Long after the passions generated by LBJ, Nixon and the war have faded away, the passions fueled by Roe v. Wade continue. Why? Because Roe v. Wade is the most dangerous Supreme Court ruling in U.S. history.

Why have I reached that conclusion? Because of one incredible and illogical sentence in the court’s ruling:

“We need not resolve the difficult question of when life begins.”

Analyze that sentence. It is clear that the court did not know, or could not reach a consensus about, when life begins. Despite that, the justices issued a ruling which has resulted in the death of millions of unborn children -- more than 50 million according to some sources. The court issued the ruling even though it was uncertain whether the ruling would result in the deaths of human beings.

Logic, common sense and the Constitution required that the Court know with certainty whether the unborn child is a human being before making such a decision, and since the Court could not answer that question, the benefit of the doubt should have gone to the unborn child.

An accused murderer can not be convicted and executed if there is a reasonable doubt about his or her guilt. Shouldn’t an innocent unborn child receive the benefit of the doubt as well?

The fact that the Supreme Court condemned an entire group (unborn children) without knowing (and apparently not giving much thought about) whether unborn children are human beings protected by the Constitution, should scare all of us.

The Supreme Court did not care whether or not their ruling would result in the killing of innocent unborn children.  That is why I believe the Roe v. Wade decision was the most dangerous decision in Supreme Court history. Who will be the next group of innocent human beings put to death by an illogical Supreme Court?

The federal government has enormous power, and the government is not always right.