{"id":113412,"date":"2022-06-28T09:00:48","date_gmt":"2022-06-28T13:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=113412"},"modified":"2022-06-28T17:11:03","modified_gmt":"2022-06-28T21:11:03","slug":"world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=113412","title":{"rendered":"(World) Erin Hawley and Kristen Waggoner on the historic Dobbs decision–A victory for life and the Constitution"},"content":{"rendered":"

The U.S. Supreme Court\u2019s courageous decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women\u2019s Health Organization<\/em><\/a> is a win for life and the Constitution. That historic ruling finally reverses the court\u2019s disastrous opinion in Roe v. Wade<\/em>\u2014a decision that made up a constitutional right to abortion and resulted in the deaths of more than 60 million unborn children. Because of the court\u2019s ruling in Dobbs<\/em>, states may now fully protect unborn life.<\/p>\n

The Mississippi law at issue in the case, the Gestational Age Act, protects unborn children and the health of their pregnant mothers based on the latest science. It protects unborn life after 15 weeks of gestational age\u2014a point in time when babies can move and stretch, hiccup, and quite likely feel pain. It permits abortions to save the life of the mother or for severe fetal abnormalities. Despite the modesty of Mississippi\u2019s law, the lower courts struck it down because no matter what science showed, or how strong a state\u2019s interest in protecting unborn life was, under the Roe <\/em>regime, states may not protect life until viability\u2014about 22 weeks of gestational age.<\/p>\n

Dobbs<\/em> is a win for life. Fifty years of scientific progress and innovation establish what the Bible has always taught: Life begins at conception. Ultrasound technology allows expectant parents to see the truth of Psalm 139<\/a>: Children are fearfully and wonderfully made from the very beginning.<\/p>\n

Under Roe v. Wade<\/em>, moreover, the United States has been an extreme outlier<\/a> in abortion law and policy. As the chief justice noted during oral arguments, the United States is one of only six nations, including China and North Korea, that allow elective abortions through all nine months of pregnancy. The Washington Post<\/em> recently ranked the United States as the fourth <\/em>most liberal abortion country in the world<\/em>. Most countries do not allow elective abortions at all, and 75 percent protect life after 12 weeks of gestation.<\/p>\n

Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Here's is WORLD Opinions' second special edition editorial from @ADFLegal<\/a>'s Erin Hawley and @KWaggonerADF<\/a> https:\/\/t.co\/DPENWC7lgK<\/a><\/p>\n

— Andrew T. Walker (@andrewtwalk) June 24, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n