Why Roe v. Wade Was Always Un-American

By Selwyn Duke

With the just-issued Supreme Court ruling overturning the Roe v. Wade decision, abortion supporters are exercised and pro-lifers exultant. Yet there’s a reality around which many from both sides could, conceivably, unite. It concerns something anyone who’s truly American should cheer:

Friday’s 5-4 decision, Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, strikes a blow not just for those who could be born, but for what was born 235 years ago — the Constitution.

For the truth is that wherever one stands on abortion, standing behind the Constitution and not on it can quite reasonably be said to be a prerequisite for Americanism. And supporting the Constitution means trampling Roe.

This is not opinion, but a fact even abortion proponents have emphasized.

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Comments

[tj]

Excellent coverage of the constitutional issues underlying Roe vs Wade. Not many journalists focus on that.