The Ugly, Unknown story
behind Roe v. Wade
Townhall – Scottie Hughes –
9/24/2013
And, now thanks to a revealing
book out this week called Abuse of Discretion: The Inside Story of Roe v. Wade
by veteran attorney Clarke D. Forsythe, we know that Roe was not just one of
the most controversial decisions in the Supreme Court’s history, but also a
poorly reasoned rush to judgment based on a wealth of misinformation that has
since been debunked.
The first to look inside the
Supreme Court Justices’ papers, Forsythe shows the liberal supporters of the
decision made at least three shockingly erroneous assumptions.
First, the Supreme Court
justices thought the decision was good for women’s health.
The incidence of sexually
transmitted diseases and illegitimate pregnancies is likely higher than it
would be if abortion were not available on demand.
There’s also a risk of
domestic violence against pregnant women who refuse to abort their babies. And breast cancer.
Second, abortion advocates
at the time of Roe were caught up in the wake of two decades of fear about a
growing world population.
The population
has grown, but famines and starvation did not. Instead, life expectancy and
average incomes rose due to trade, technology, and free enterprise – not population
control.
Third, the Justices in Roe
“thought they were riding a wave of cultural sentiment in favor of abortion,”
says Forsythe. They never anticipated the backlash – the push for
constitutional amendments, the thousands of people who march on the Supreme
Court every anniversary of Roe, or the way the decision dominates the
nomination process for Supreme Court Justices.
It is a shame that Roe was decided by old men who had
likely never seen an ultrasound photograph, and it’s unfortunate that they were
subject to misinformation about women’s health, population control, and popular
sentiment.
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