SEAN writes:

Although it may be a concern that abortions may increase, I think this misses the point.

Individuals can always choose to sin whether it is against the law or not. They could have already traveled to abortion-friendly states to obtain an abortion. They can already quite easily get abortion pills and they can do tele”medicine” from wherever. The primary benefit of overturning Roe v. Wade is that it is no longer a national sin. As nations can’t suffer the effects of judgment in purgatory as they only exist here on earth we must corporately suffer the consequences for our national sins (whether you agree with or directly participate in them or not you are still a member of that nation).

The primary purpose of the government is to create the conditions for the common good of the people to aid them in getting to heaven. Getting rid of Roe just made that a lot easier. The temptation of committing the mortal sin of murder has been removed from tens of millions of people. And people who grow up in states with it being banned will grow up with that being normal for them. The ruling, and specifically thanks to justice Thomas, has also opened up the possibility (or at least the conversation) of addressing other laws that are anti-religious/moral such as sodomy, contraceptives, and sham-marriages that were ruled “constitutional” in the same way Roe was.

God bless these justices and credit where it is due Donald Trump. May this accomplishment be large expiation for their many sins.

Laura writes:

The primary benefit of overturning Roe v. Wade is that it is no longer a national sin.

You are absolutely right.

However, I recommend Tom Droleskey’s analysis, in which he shows that it is indeed still a national sin, though certainly to a lesser degree.

Tony S. writes:

Your post concerning the Supreme Court’s recent decision highlights something which I have found most pro-lifers are not only unaware of, but, in fact, will often vehemently dispute.

“Most U.S. Abortions Are Already Performed Using Pills” (which I was unable to access)  may be referring to products such as “the morning after” pill. However, by far the most common method of abortion in the industrialized world today is the use of the oral contraceptive pill.

The originally formulated oral contraceptive/birth control pill used a high dose (50 micrograms) of estrogen. This dose causes complete cessation of ovulation in a woman. It’s use has been discontinued throughout at least the affluent West due to the common side effects of weight gain, headaches, and most especially the high risk of cardiovascular thrombotic events such as strokes. I’m unsure, but it’s possible that this formulation may still be in use in poorer countries.

Since the 1980’s, birth control pills are either mini-pills (with progestins and very low doses of estrogen compounds) or low dose estrogen pills. The dosage of ethinyl estradiol in these pills does not adequately stop ovulation. Rather, the pills work by causing changes to a woman’s endometrium to make it difficult for a fertilized egg to implant; in other words, to kill the product of conception, the embryo.

When I was in medical school 30 years ago, it was noted that the modern birth control pill acts as an abortifacient primarily! I would imagine that this is not taught today and certainly, as I wrote earlier, to mention this fact to people (sadly including many pro-life Christians) yields howls of outrage and being labelled a liar or a nut-job.

Kidist Paulos Asrat writes:

Isn’t the PRINCIPLE the most important thing, rather than some legal “correction?”

How do we get out of this quagmire, where such basic premises are so hidden under the layers?

We have our work cut out for us!

Hurricane Betsy writes:

pregnant employees who want abortions that are illegal in their state to travel to one of these “Abortion Tourism” states.

Not just American states;  Canuckistan is set to become the world’s #1 abortion tourism destination.  Various parties in Canada are setting up to bring pregnant women into Canada to have the deed done there.

Oh, well.  I see no end to this barbarity called abortion.  Not anytime soon in any case.  Too many crazies running the show and manipulating hare-brained women.

Pan Dora writes:

A horrifically bad law is gone.

Terry Morris writes:

Our law in Oklahoma is considered to be the most restrictive in the nation. They are calling it a “total ban,” and “informally” it is referred to as a “vigilante law,” since it contains a provision which “allow[s] private citizens to sue anyone who “aids or abets” a woman seeking an abortion at any point in her pregnancy, though the woman pursuing the procedure could not be sued.”

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