The Law Can Only Do So Much

When Roe v Wade was decided in 1973 voiding all laws governing abortions even its supporters were embarrassed the matter was considered Constitutional Law. One critic wrote:

 

"What is frightening about Roe is that this super-protected right is not inferable from the language of the Constitution, the framers' thinking respecting the specific problem in issue, any general value derivable from the provisions they included, or the nation's governmental structure." The decision, he said, "is not constitutional law and gives almost no sense of an obligation to try to be."

 

The Federal government should not play any role in the abortion issue, according to the Constitution.

 

The law can only do so much. The law isn't what allowed abortion; abortions were already being done in 1960s against the law. The courts came along and conformed to the social and moral changes that were taking place in society. Law reflects the morality of the people; without morals there can be no law. It is up us as parents and citizens in the way we raise our children, how we interact and talk with our friends and the good example we give to bring about changes to our culture toward greater respect for life.