By Catholic League president Bill Donohue
For a half century, abortion has been legal across the
United States. Those days are over: the Supreme Court has overruled the 1973
decision in Roe v. Wade. What is not over is the issue of
abortion—the states will now decide how to address it.
Justice Samuel Alito, writing for the 5-4 majority, held
that "Roe was egregiously wrong from the start. Its reasoning
was exceptionally weak, and the decision has had damaging consequences."
That is why, he said, "It is time to heed the Constitution and return the
issue of abortion to the people's elected representatives."
The Supreme Court did more than overturn Roe—it
negated the 1992 ruling in Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pa. v.
Casey. This decision went beyond Roe by making abortion a
near absolute right, through term.
Honest abortion-rights legal scholars have long said that
while abortion should be legal, it is not the business of the courts to settle
such matters. Alito picked up on this admission, saying, "The Constitution
makes no reference to abortion, and no such right is implicitly protected by
any constitutional provision...."
Aside from the legal matters, abortion involves a host of
biological and moral issues. The DNA that makes us all unique human beings is
present at conception, and not a day later. It is a credit to the Catholic
Church that it led the discussion on the morality of abortion for all these
years.
This ruling makes us proud to be Catholic.
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