Friend,
Washington is definitely buzzing with energy over the Dobbs v. Jackson case and what the Supreme Court may or may not decide. The oral arguments were on Wednesday, but they won’t actually issue a decision until expected in June or July 2022.
When we arrived at the courthouse plaza on Wednesday, it was packed with people on all sides of the issue.
The Pro-Life supporters of Mississippi’s 15-week abortion ban were cheering for victory. And with three new appointees to the Bench by our last President, they are hopeful that the strategy of getting conservative justices on the Court in order to overturn Roe will finally bear some fruit.
And, of course, there was no lack of energetic Pro-Abortion advocates as well, demanding the protection of their “right” to murder babies unhindered. The zeal of so many Americans in favor of baby killing never ceases to amaze me.
It also amazes me where the lines of this battle are being drawn. When we get down to it, the argument that is being hashed out in our highest court is: Should we continue protecting baby murder up to 20 weeks of pregnancy or roll it back to 15?
Friend, I hope you agree that this is unacceptable.
That’s why I am so glad that so many people like you are signing their names to the abolitionist brief we submitted to the Supreme Court in this case. The arguments in our brief are NOT being made at all by those who are supposedly arguing in favor of life in this case.
That’s why our brief is so critical, but more on that later…
First I want to recap what happened in the courtroom today.
Here’s the good, the bad, and the concerning.
The good news is that during oral arguments it was blindingly obvious that the pro-abortion attorneys had no real answers to any of the pointed questions they were asked by the justices. They talked in circles about stare decisis (binding precedent) and bodily autonomy but couldn’t give a single straight answer to the questions justices were asking.
And the justices were asking some good questions.
It shouldn’t surprise us that pro-murder arguments come out sounding less than convincing in a courtroom. And yet the Court has consistently sided with the pro-murder arguments for 49 years.
But the justices asked enough questions about the limits of stare decisis to indicate they don’t all agree with the argument that once a ruling is issued, even if it was wrong, it can’t ever be overturned.
That’s the good news.
The bad news is, unfortunately, really bad.
In arguing for their 15-week ban, the State of Mississippi completely waived the Constitutional question of the Fourteenth Amendment. Not only did the attorney arguing on behalf of the abortion ban ignore the opportunity to advocate for equal protection as the Constitution requires, he stated in his oral arguments that the Court should take a neutral position on abortion.
Friend, if you argue that the Court and the Constitution are neutral on abortion then you are implicitly arguing that a fetus is not a “person” under the Fourteenth Amendment. The evil idea that preborn babies are not “persons” came right out of Roe in the first place.
The truth is that equal protection under the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution which the Supreme Court justices have sworn to uphold is one of the strongest arguments you can make to protect preborn people. But no one in the courtroom heard that argument today.
The Constitution is NOT neutral on this issue. The Bible certainly isn’t neutral. And the Court shouldn’t be neutral on it either.
It is disheartening to see that even when Roe is supposedly being challenged head-on for the first time in years, Pro-Life advocates are STILL arguing from within the confines of Roe. They are agreeing that babies aren’t persons like the rest of us.
All of this shows why our brief is needed so badly.
The Supreme Court needs to understand that the movement to establish equal protection for ALL preborn Americans and to abolish abortion is growing strong! You can show your support by adding your name to our brief if you haven’t already.
Besides the good and the bad in the oral arguments, there were also some things that were concerning…
Numerous justices, especially Chief Justice Roberts, talked a lot about merely moving the line for protection of “abortion rights” from viability to 15 weeks. Attorneys on both sides were arguing against this in the oral arguments.
There is a strong possibility that the decision in this case could turn out to keep Roe intact but just bump back the protections for abortion a few weeks.
If this is what the Court eventually decides, it may ultimately be worse for preborn babies than if they just overturned the 15-week ban outright.
Here’s why…
If the Court does not overturn Roe, but instead simply moves the line from viability to 15-weeks, they will be:
- Reaffirming their commitment to the Roe precedent.
- Demonstrating their unrepentance for the previous evil decision of the Court.
- Giving well-meaning pro-life people the sense that there was some kind of victory to celebrate, when few (if any) babies will be saved and equal protection will once again be delayed.
The 15 week ban is a bad law. It establishes partiality in judgment rather than equal protection of the laws. God hates partiality in judgment and demands that we establish justice for the fatherless.
If the Court lets this law stand but affirms Roe v. Wade instead of overturning it, we have won nothing except a fake victory.
We will have offended God by calling something evil, good.
Honestly, it is debatable whether any babies at all would be saved by it anyway. Did you know that only about 6% of reported abortions are committed after 15 weeks but before 20 weeks even now? If the line is moved a few weeks earlier, it is probable many women will just get their abortions sooner.
The most insidious part of this kind of ruling though is that it makes people who love life feel like we won a victory, like we have something to celebrate. It dampens the righteous indignation over the bloodshed going on around us.
We need to keep a holy anger toward things, like child sacrifice and the shedding of innocent blood, that God has marked out as deeply evil.
Friend, I want you to understand something…
Though we do strongly urge the Court to do the right thing and overturn their evil unconstitutional ruling in Roe v. Wade, we also know we DO NOT need the permission of the Court to obey God and the Constitution.
As long as the Court continues to reaffirm the evil, unconstitutional Roe v. Wade decision then then we must Ignore Roe.
We explain all of this to the Court in our brief which was signed by 20 other organizations as well as 20 state legislators. And you can sign it too if you haven’t already.
If you’ve already signed then chip in so we can reach more people to show the Supreme Court we have strong support for abolishing abortion.
Thank you for standing with us in this fight!
For life, for justice, and for the glory of God,
Bradley Pierce
Executive Director
Abolish Abortion Texas
P.S. Remember to SIGN the brief! You can let the Court hear YOUR voice by signing the brief to abolish abortion today and adding your name to the growing list of supporters! And chip in to help us show SCOTUS that we want abortion abolished.