Decades-long Republican efforts to roll back abortion access are now paying off in the aftermath of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the Supreme Court ruling which overturned Roe v. Wade. And yet today, an overwhelming majority of Americans say that they believe at least some abortion access should be protected. GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump, possibly in response to this data, recently stated that he now believes decisions on abortion access should be left to individual states, instead of being set by federal law.
Straight Arrow News contributor Star Parker tells viewers that abortion is murder and a crime against humanity, and says that Donald Trump should move forward with restricting access nationwide instead of retreating on the issue and ceding ground to public opinion.
Former President Donald Trump, a champion for life when he was president, now argues that the abortion issue should be left to the states. That approach was not appropriate in dealing with slavery and it is not the right way to address abortion. Slavery and the taking of innocent human life are both crimes against humanity. The first responsibility of every government official – federal, state or local – is to defend the life and dignity of every human being.
On the wall outside my office here in Washington, D.C. we display a profound statement by the great Black educator, author and orator Booker T. Washington: “A lie doesn’t become truth, wrong doesn’t become right, and evil doesn’t become good just because it’s accepted by a majority.”
