The debate over abortion rights, no longer protected federally following the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2022 decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, is now unfolding in states around the country. Abortion rights supporters have criticized states for going so far as to even outlaw medically necessary procedures, while abortion opponents say outlawing abortions saves more lives overall.
Straight Arrow News contributor Star Parker asserts that abortion is a “sin” and “a crime against humanity.” Parker accuses pro-choice Americans of seeking “the right to kill” their own children and celebrates the progress she believes Americans have accomplished in restricting abortion access at the state and federal levels.
Well, this week is pro-life week here in Washington, D.C. and pro-life week all across the country, because Roe v. Wade is no longer the law of the land. And so there are celebrations during this time, but a focus on abortion in this Dobbs society we are now living in.
And sadly, far too many women have tragically experienced the deep-rooted emotional pain of abortion. Many of these chose not to speak of their experiences, the pain being far too severe to mention. It’s a silent, secret sin. Then there are millions of unborn lives that can’t speak at all. So they need others to speak for them.
That’s why each January, thousands gather in cities across the country in the March for Life. And while this is certainly a cold winter here in Washington, D.C., the ground is covered with snow in more ways than one, it will not deter those dedicated to the sanctity of unborn life. It hasn’t before and it never will.
On a cold January morning in 1987, 10,000 gathered in the streets of Washington, D.C. An unforgiving blizzard raged through the city at that time. Since the first few years following the Roe v. Wade decision in 1973, abortions had more than doubled — over 1.6 million babies each year. So yes, the weather was brutal that day and yet they still marched, and have been marching every January since. A manifestation of the profound belief in the sanctity of life is exhibited here in our nation’s capital, and now all across the country.
