Roe Vs Wade Supreme Court Decision Shakes Up America

ROE VS WADE

Supreme Court Decision Shakes Up America

by Sharon C. Jenkins

Women in America are either dancing in the streets right now or mad as hell. On June 24th, the Supreme Court overturned the historic Roe vs Wade legislation. It originally came into law in 1973. The decision revokes the constitutional right for a woman to have an abortion in the United States. According to the ACLU, “The state of Mississippi used Dobbs to issue a direct invitation to the Supreme Court to overturn Roe. The case was brought on behalf of the last abortion clinic in Mississippi by the Center for Reproductive Rights, and it challenged a state law banning abortion after 15 weeks, in plain violation of Roe. The state asked the court not just to uphold the 15-week ban, but to reconsider the constitutionality of abortion entirely and to declare that the Constitution does not protect the right to abortion at all.” It ruled affirmatively. This ruling has drawn a line in the sand between mothers and daughters, Christians and non-Christians, and right wingers and left wingers.

HERE ARE THE POPULAR HERE ARE THE POPULAR OPINIONS ABOUT OPINIONS ABOUT ROE VS WADE AND ROE VS WADE AND ABORTION: ABORTION:

The Viewpoint from the Left

Women have the right to have or not have the children they conceive according to the 14th amendment. Abortion is simply a healthcare procedure, according to Planned Parenthood. Women are at risk if abortion isn’t legalized because they won’t have access to safe abortion procedures. Otherwise, they will either perform them on their own or have an illegal abortion somewhere else. Women in poverty are at a greater risk because they don’t have the resources to get a safe abortion offered in another state or country. It’s not ethical to force a woman to have a child that she cannot afford to care for or nurture. The unwanted child becomes a victim and lives a life of hardship and pain. Especially if the child is conceived in rape or incest.

The Viewpoint from the Right

God sanctifies the right to live. In other words, abortion is legalized murder.

Embryos immediately take on a human form at conception. Many religions support the fact that abortion is murder. There are other viable options to abortion, such as adoption. Especially since the rate of infertility has increased exponentially over the years.

There are many things that have divided America over the last few years: war, the pandemic, poverty, economic instability, racism, politics, religion, gun violence, etc. We can now add this historic Supreme Court ruling to the list. It will be interesting to see where America finds herself at the end of 2022. What do you think?