“I think it’s safe to say that the entire abortion industry is based on a lie… I am dedicated to spending the rest of my life undoing the law that bears my name.”
“Jane Roe” in Roe v. Wade.
Since the Supreme Court passed Roe v. Wade in 1973 there have been 50 million abortions. The decision has wreaked havoc upon a nation. The victims are not only the unborn who have been denied the right to life, but the teenagers, mothers, fathers and families that have been physically and psychologically harmed by abortion.
The largest abortion provider in the world today is Planned Parenthood, with over one million abortions a year and an annual profit of $120 million. Its founder was Margaret Sanger, an atheist, avowed socialist and birth control activist. At a 1925 birth control gathering in New York City, Sanger’s group warned of the menace posed by the “black” and “yellow” peril and the need to sterilize those designated as “unfit.” In 1932 she wrote, “Apply a stern and rigid policy of sterilization and segregation to that grade of population… whose inheritance is such that objectionable traits may be transmitted to offspring.” Raised in a large dysfunctional family, one of 11 children, Sanger wrote in her autobiography, “I associated poverty, toil, unemployment, drunkenness, cruelty, quarreling, fighting, debts and jails with large families… The most merciful thing that a large family does to one of its infant members is to kill it.” Margaret Sanger died in 1966, eight years short of seeing her eugenic experiment come true when Roe v. Wade was made the law of the land.
The genesis of the court case that legalized abortion began in Texas in 1970. Two young lawyers, Sarah Weddington and Linda Coffee, feminist ideologues and followers of Sanger, made known they were looking for a pregnant woman so they could test the legality of abortion in the courts. Through referrals they found Norma McCorvey (alias “Jane Roe” in Roe v. Wade), who claimed to be pregnant as a result of rape. She was 21, unemployed, unmarried and pregnant for the third time. McCorvey later admitted that her account of being raped was a lie, saying she was a “pawn” and was used by the two attorneys. “I was desperate, and didn’t know what to do with my pregnancy. I needed financial or vocational help, and help to get off drugs and alcohol. The lawyers instead were looking for a young, white woman to be a guinea pig for a great new social experiment.” Before the case got to the Supreme Court, McCorvey had given birth to the child that was the center of Roe v. Wade and she had put the baby up for adoption. Ironically, today this child who was a candidate for the first legal abortion is now living, while 50 million others have died.
At the same time, in Georgia, another feminist ideologue and follower of Sanger, Margie Pitts Hames, a lawyer, was also looking for a pregnant woman to test the legality of abortion. Sandra Cano (alias “Mary Doe” in Doe v. Bolton), said that Hames lied to her in order to have a plaintiff. Cano, a mental patient at a state hospital, was a married, pregnant 22-year-old and the mother of three children, two in foster care and the third having been placed for adoption. Cano came to Hames wanting only a divorce from a convicted child molester and help in getting her children back, but was told this would happen only if she got an abortion. Cano was adamantly against abortion and fled the state and only agreed to return if she didn’t have to have an abortion. But Doe v. Bolton was presented to the Supreme Court as a woman seeking an abortion based on mental health.
It took three years for the two cases to reach the Supreme Court. On Jan. 22, 1973, the Court ruled on Roe v. Wade, and Doe v. Bolton, and sealed the fate of millions of the unborn. The two cases together overturned laws against abortion in all 50 states. While “Roe” prohibited abortion after the first trimester, the lesser known “Doe” expanded the right by using “health” and “mental health” of the mother. “Health” was defined as physical, emotional, psychological or social, so any whim or caprice of the mother was sufficient to obtain an abortion for any reason for all nine months of pregnancy.
Roe v. Wade was decided primarily on a person’s right to privacy; but the constitution doesn’t explicitly mention any right of privacy. The Court creatively found support for various privacy rights indirectly in a vague previous case law, but gave no consideration to a person’s inalienable Right to Life, which is clearly defined in the constitution. The Supreme Court is supposed to rule on the constitutionality of the laws of the land, not author them. Justice Harry Blackmun, in support of Roe wrote, “We need not resolve the difficult question of when life begins… the judiciary… is not in a position to speculate as to the answer.” Justice Byron White, who did not support Roe said, “…the court had simply fashioned and announced a new constitutional right for pregnant mothers…”
Sandra Cano (”Mary Doe”) and Norma McCorvey (”Jane Roe”) are now pro-life activists; and on June 23, 2005, McCorvey testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee seeking to overturn her case that made abortion legal. She stated, “I want you to know the horrible and evil things that Roe v. Wade did to me and others. I never got the opportunity to speak for myself in my own court case…”
“America needs no words from me to see how your decision in Roe v. Wade has deformed a great nation.” Mother Teresa
Ann Wolfe
Tifton
Printed Mar 26 2010 http://www.tiftongazette.com/opinion/local_story_085233156.html