COMMENTARY_ Roe v. Wade overturned: Pro-lifers persistence paid off

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Roe v. Wade overturned: Pro-lifers persistence paid off

What the Constitution does and does not say

Grace Miller 11, left, and Leo Miller 5, right, hold signs during a Pro-Life rally at Federal Plaza Friday, June 24, 2022, in Chicago, after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty) more >

Commentary


By Cal Thomas - - Monday, June 27, 2022

OPINION:


There were times over the last 50 years when some pro-lifers felt they would never see Roe v. Wade overturned and the right to life again recognized by the government.

Many who never doubted didn’t live to see this day. They had marched in the cold streets of Washington in January on Roe’s anniversary. These never-doubters included Nellie Gray, founder of the March for Life, Phyllis Schlafly, the ardent anti-ERA and pro-life advocate, Dr. Mildred Jefferson, the first Black woman to graduate from Harvard Medical School who also drew attention to the disproportionate number of aborted Black babies, and Justice Antonin Scalia, who consistently argued that Roe was wrongly decided.

Neither did many opponents of slavery live to see the day the Emancipation Proclamation was issued, nor did many who followed and advocated for civil rights live to witness court decisions and legislation that recognized the inherent worth and equality of African Americans.

The key to resolving these issues was the acknowledgment that government does not grant rights. The government is supposed to “secure rights,” as Thomas Jefferson wrote in the Declaration of Independence — rights that are “endowed by their Creator” and thus, “unalienable,” meaning “not transferable to another or not capable of being taken away or denied” (dictionary.com).

In 1973, the Supreme Court removed the right of unborn babies to live. The 2022 Supreme Court corrected that constitutional mistake.

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