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 From The Executive
Director
Bradley
Mattes Why
It's So Important As you read this, The US
Senate and America at large are debating the second vacancy on the US Supreme
Court. Media attention on filling this crucial position will be intense. Even
the Katrina hurricane coverage couldn’t squelch the many hours news networks
dedicated to the John Roberts hearings and votes. Expect an even more shrill debate
with the O’Connor vacancy.
Why? Because Sandra Day O’Connor
was a pro-abortion justice. She voted to reaffirm Roe v. Wade, which legalized
abortion-on-demand and unleashed a modern-day holocaust on our nation. Since then,
over forty-five million babies have needlessly died for the sacred entitlement
to so-called “reproductive rights.” In its wake, abortion has left millions
of mothers and fathers in emotional turmoil and devastation. Only God knows the
tally of chaotic fallout that has ensued since 1973 – suicide, alcohol and
drug abuse, promiscuity, abuse of women and children, and the list goes on. We’d
all be shaken to our core to fully realize the cost of human suffering abortion
has wrought.
But why is the secular media so keenly intent on covering
this Supreme Court story and trying to affect its outcome? Is keeping abortion
legal throughout pregnancy that important to them? Well, yes and no. Legal abortion
is certainly one of the mainstream media’s pet political issues. Pro-abortion
Supreme Court justices would ensure that abortion-on-demand continues unabated.
However, the Supreme Court is the final authority on many social issues of
monumental impact and importance on all of our lives. The Courts have advanced
a liberal social agenda when elected legislative bodies have blocked it. Here’s
a brief sampling of what the future agenda holds for the Supreme Court. These
don’t all pertain to the life issues, but this short list will clearly demonstrate
that the moral fabric of our society is at stake.
Partial-birth
Abortion. The Eighth US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled a ban on this
gruesome procedure, which kills babies during delivery, was unconstitutional.
Justice O’Connor had previously voted to strike down this humane ban. A pro-life
replacement to O’Connor would mean Partial-Birth Abortion could be stopped
in America.
Parental Notification. The
New Hampshire state legislature passed a law that requires a parent be notified
before their minor daughter can undergo a surgical abortion. It didn’t require
permission, but only notification. The First US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled
this unconstitutional and an “undue burden” on a minor’s right
to abortion (previous wording by Justice O’Connor).
Physician-Assisted
Suicide. Oregon legalized the use of federally controlled substances
to be used for physician-assisted suicide. Those whose “quality of life”
isn’t up to par are allowed to kill themselves with the help of a physician.
The Bush administration is challenging Oregon’s law.
Pro-Life
Picketing. The radical pro-abortion group, NOW, is trying to use racketeering
laws to prevent peaceful pro-life picketers from exercising their first amendment
rights. Lower courts have been reluctant to cooperate with two previous Supreme
Court ruling in favor of the pro-lifers.
Other
Social Issues. Some want to take God out of the Pledge of Allegiance.
In another case, some federally funded schools are protesting against the military’s
ability to exclude openly homosexual soldiers, so they won’t let military
recruiters have access to their campuses. In yet another, the Bush administration
is challenging a church that wants to use hallucinogenic and potentially dangerous
tea in its religious rituals.
Now imagine how many critical issues the
Supreme Court will be facing in the next decade. The makeup of the Court will
greatly affect your children and grandchildren for years to come.
How
close are we to correcting Roe v. Wade? If we are successful in replacing Justice
O’Connor with a pro-life justice, we will still need one more to retire Roe
to the ash heap of history where it belongs. Don’t be fooled by pro-abortion
activists and politicians that say this vacancy will tip the balance of power
on the Court. We still need one more justice.
It’s also vitally important
to realize that when Roe is ultimately corrected, it is far from the end of our
battle to end abortion. A post-Roe society will simply place the authority of
life or death over millions of unborn babies into the hands of state legislatures.
Currently, only 7 states have laws on their books that will protect the unborn
after Roe. They are Louisiana, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Arkansas, Michigan,
Oklahoma and Wisconsin. Further, this only represents 10% of the nation’s
population. Even after Roe, it is estimated one million babies will die from abortion
every year.
Don’t lose hope. This is a huge step in the right direction!
It will create a political environment where grassroots pro-life advocates can
make substantial gains in protecting innocent unborn life. Correcting Roe isn’t
the final answer, but we can’t save babies without it.
As you can
see, so much is at stake. We must make sure solid, pro-life justices are seated
on our nation’s highest court. Let your voice be heard! Contact your senators,
tell your friends, family, coworkers, neighbors and fellow church members. The
pro-life community must engage in this process and work to influence the final
outcome. Quite literally, millions of babies are counting on YOU!
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