Could there possibly be a more compelling issue to energize people to restore America to principled governance?
Candidate Mitt Romney, in one of his stump speeches, uses a line about the “moral tragedy” of unemployment. “Make no mistake about this. This is a moral tragedy. A moral tragedy of epic proportion. Unemployment is not just a statistic.”
Michele Bachmann used similar phrasing when discussing health care reform, describing the “moral tragedy” that is the Obama agenda that is “consuming the future” of generations of Americans.
They are both right. But there is another moral tragedy that began almost 40 years ago. January 22, 2012, marked the 39th anniversary of the greatest moral tragedy, if measured in lives lost, that has ever occurred for as long as mankind has existed on this earth, and it takes place in our supposedly great and civilized nation, America. U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) writes:
Roe v. Wade: A Constitutional and Moral Tragedy
“…Roe v. Wade is also a legal tragedy in the way it reached these morally tragic results. Make no mistake, there is no right to abortion in the Constitution; the Supreme Court simply made it up. Take a step back from the subject of abortion for a minute and think about what this means. The Constitution is supposed to be the primary way that the people impose limits and rules on government. The Constitution is written down so everyone will know what those limits and rules are. George Washington said that the people’s control over the Constitution is literally the heart of our system of government. Our freedom depends on it. But when the Supreme Court changes the Constitution, as it did in Roe, it takes control of the Constitution away from the people, and their freedom along with it….”
Here in the U.S., our tragedy was put in motion by the egregious Supreme Court mistake that twisted our Constitution and turned reason upside-down. So if you start wondering how China, North Korea, or nations following Sharia law could have so little regard for human rights; or if you wonder how some of our ancestors could have treated their brothers from Africa as sub-humans, or how Germany could have allowed one man to stir up so much hatred and violence, hold that thought, and remember, over 50 million people were not protected from harm. If injustice against one person is a moral tragedy, what could begin to capture the intentional discarding of millions of innocent persons.
Danielle Bean writes in “Why We March for Life”
An unborn baby’s heart begins beating 18 days after conception – a tiny heartbeat, a human heartbeat, and a vulnerable one. In 1973, the U.S. Supreme Court decision of Roe v. Wade made it legal to kill unborn human beings at any stage of development, at any time before birth, in all 50 states.
Though abortion might be legal, not every American supports this travesty of justice. In January of every year, hundreds of thousands of Americans gather in our nation’s capital to protest the Supreme Court’s decision, denounce legalized abortion, and stand in defense of defenseless unborn human life.
Perhaps if we keep pushing for reform in America and praying for compassion to well up in the hearts of all Americans, we will see a day when the womb is a safe place again. Even if you feel abortion can be justified, ask yourself this, “Who will stand for your rights when they are placed on the altar of convenience, if not a fair and just government?”
“If you want to be free, there is but one way; it is to guarantee an equally full measure of liberty to all your neighbors. There is no other.”― Carl Schurz
