On this Day, We Remember!

On This Day, We Remember.
Posted by Leon H. Wolf (Profile)
Thursday, January 22nd at 8:24AM EST 48 Comments

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The primary function of any just government is to prevent and punish the taking of innocent human life. To but state the proposition is to prove it. Nevertheless, 36 years ago today, in the tradition of Scott v. Sanford, the Supreme Court of the United States took it upon themselves to declare that a certain class of humans were not really humans at all. In Dred Scott, the Supreme Court declared that certain humans were not humans and therefore could be enslaved. In Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court declared that certain humans were not humans and therefore not entitled to have government prevent or punish their unjust killing. Worse, that the government was constitutionally prevented from preventing or punishing their unjust killing.
Almost two generations later, this constitutional and moral atrocity has resulted in the deaths of almost 50 million humans, killed without recourse under the shelter of judicial fiat because of the happenstance of their location. In many respects, it would be easy for the American consciousness to forget these losses; after all, the very reason they are unprotected by the law is that they are small and contained entirely within another human. And, indeed, in Europe and many other places the conversation has passed the unborn by and they die unlamented by any organized movement that seeks justice and protection for them. Yet something different exists within the American moral character which prevents us from forgetting, and from moving on. And so, year after year on this day, we gather in Washington to remember those who have died, to contemplate the enormity of the task before us, and to remind the Supreme Court that our voices will not be excluded from the democratic process forever.
Over the years, our accomplishments have been significant, if inadequate. We have generated widespread support for incremental restrictions on abortion, and have seen societal attitudes on abortion gradually shift towards restriction rather than permission. As ultrasound technology becomes more ubiquitous and advanced, the public has become gradually more accepting of the undeniable truth that unborn children are just that: children. Smaller, perhaps. Less developed, certainly. Hidden to the naked eye, without a doubt. But a child nonetheless. Once that realization hits home, only the blackest of souls will happily embrace the legal killing of children.
This year, however, the pro-life movement faces a unique challenge. This year, our march will not be addressed by a friendly President. In fact, our country has just inaugurated the most fervent supporter of the legalized killing of children who has ever occupied the White House. He has campaigned early and often on rolling back every restriction on abortion that has ever been passed. Already in the dustbin are a number of Bush’s executive orders respecting human life. Within moments of Obama’s inauguration, the whitehouse.gov site had been forcibly scrubbed of all reference to pro-life rhetoric and replaced with language indicating fervent support for legalized abortion at all stages and without restrictions.