Civil rights ought to go to unborn
Published 3:10 pm Saturday, January 22, 2011
Jan. 22, 2011, marks the 38th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision by the U.S. Supreme Court, which legalized abortion on demand through all nine months of pregnancy. Since that fateful day, we have now witnessed the legalized killing of nearly 53 million unborn babies in the very nation whose founding documents guarantee the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness to every citizen.
A study released this past week called attention to an alarming 41 percent rate of abortion in New York City. While the evil of abortion can and has been argued from a religious perspective, Archbishop Timothy Dolan of NYC stated that, “abortion is not only a cause for people of faith, but is the premier civil rights issue of our day.”
“We are asking,” he went on to explain, “that the equal protection under the law, promised by our beloved Constitution, be applied to the pre-born baby.” He went on to say that “logic, biology, medicine, common sense, reason, American values and ethics are dramatically on the side of life, while on the other hand, money, marketing, the media, most political leaders, and the chic molders of today’s society are not.”
This past week, we were all reminded of the life of civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr., whose work surely helped to pave the way for the election of our nation’s first African American president. I think the late Dr. King would be appalled that a large majority of African American babies are denied their civil right to life because of legalized abortion. Tragically, President Barack Obama has failed to connect the dots as he continues to govern as the most pro-abortion president and administration in this nation’s history. Please let the president and all of our leaders know that we cannot continue down this ruinous path.
In case you are unaware of the damage done by abortion to the mothers of these babies, I will close with the following quote from the Academy Award winning actress Patricia Neal. When asked by an interviewer what, if anything she would change about her life she said: “I wish I would have had the courage to have that baby. (The child she aborted.) Alone in the night for over 40 years I have cried for my child.”
Scott Bute
Alden