Denison Forum
Dr. Jim Denison
Since Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in America, more than sixty-three million babies have been aborted in our country.
This is a population four times the size of New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Houston—combined.
And yet, more Americans than ever before think abortion should be legal under any circumstances. More than two-thirds also believe it should be legal in the first three months of pregnancy.
If you believe as I do that life begins at conception, you might be asking yourself: How can so many people be so wrong on this crucial issue?
“The real question today”
It’s not because pro-life supporters are not vocal and visible.
The National March for Life is tomorrow in Washington, DC. It will be followed by Sanctity of Life Sunday, both of which are timed to coincide with January 22, 1973, when the Supreme Court issued its ruling that discovered a “right” to abortion in the US Constitution.
It’s no longer because of Roe v. Wade. After the Supreme Court overturned this horrendous ruling in 2022, returning the issue to the states, abortions increased nationwide.
It’s not because the science is unclear. The Supreme Court claimed in its 1973 ruling:
We need not resolve the difficult question of when life begins. When those trained in the respective disciplines of medicine, philosophy, and theology are unable to arrive at any consensus, the judiciary, at this point in the development of man’s knowledge, is not in a position to speculate as to the answer.
But resolving “the difficult question of when life begins” is precisely the issue. If life begins at conception, our founding declaration that “all men are created equal” and endowed with the “unalienable” right to “life” should clearly apply to preborn babies. As should every legal protection that currently applies to babies from the moment they are born. More Here
Pro-Life leader Ethel Maharg: Having served in the Pro-life movement for over a decade I have come to the conclusion that if the Church engages fully, abortion will end. No laws are going to end abortion. We don’t need new laws, we need a heart transplant. We need the gospel to be preached now more than ever. We need to pray now more than ever, and we need to be fully engaged in this battle until we see victory.
