Is Making Abortion Illegal Enough?
I reminded her that there were actually two problems to consider: How to save those children whose mothers wanted to kill them in utero, and how to save those abused and neglected since birth. “Surely you’re not suggesting that death is preferable to an uncertain future,” I urged. “If that were the case, why not kill the hundreds of thousands of children already in the system?” She did not reply, knowing that my two children were adopted “out of the system.” I was reminded of this conversation again when I heard Elizabeth Thecla Mauro interviewed on WDEO. Her article “The Law of Unintended Consequences: A Cautionary Look at Overturning Roe vs. Wade” appeared in Crisis magazine. She writes: For everything there is a season, and a time and purpose unto heaven. Perhaps, as we see the glimmer of an opportunity in reversing a heinous law, this is meant to be a season of introspection for the Church the most consistently pro-life voice for all these decades. Assuming that the introduction of
