Forty Years After Roe vs. Wade

Today marks the 40th anniversary of Roe vs. Wade and in the time since this court decision, 55 million unborn babies have died through abortion.

 How much do you really know about the landmark court decision by the United States Supreme Court 410 S 113 (1973) or the plaintiff Roe? 

Norma McCorvey, the Roe in Roe v. Wade had a difficult life. Her parents were divorced and she and her brother were raised by their mother who was a violent alcoholic. She was a high-school drop-out  at 14 years old.  She married two years later but left that marriage when it became abusive.  She moved back in with her mother and gave birth to a baby girl.  The following year she became pregnant again and gave that child up for adoption.  

Norma became pregnant for the third time when she was 21 years old.  At first she admits she fabricated a rape story in order to obtain a legal abortion. She was denied due to lack of documentation.  McCorvey then attempted to have an illegal abortion but the clinic had been closed down by the authorities.  

Attorneys Sarah Weddington and Linda Coffee were looking for a woman who wanted an abortion, but did not have the means to obtain one.  Enter Norma McCorvey.

Normal McCorvey has made it clear that she did not consider herself an unwilling participant in the Roe v. Wade lawsuit.  However, she felt that feminist activist treated her with disdain because she was a poor, blue-color, drug abusing woman instead of a polished, educated feminist.  It should be noted that McCorvey never did have an abortion.  She gave birth to her child, whom she put up for adoption.  In 1995, Norma L. McCorvey revealed that she became pro-life and is not a vocal opponent of abortion.

Kermit Barron Gosnell ran two multi-million dollar abortion practices.  After a controversy nearly a year earlier, Gosnell was arrested in January 2011, charged with eight counts of murder; one patient who allegedly died under his care after a botched abortion, and seven infants allegedly born alive whose spinal cords Gosnell severed with scissors.  A grand jury recommended charges of murder against Gosnell and several of his employees.

Please watch the video 3801 Lancaster to learn about Gosnell's clinic, the Philadelphia Women's Medical Society and the cover-up by state and local oversight agencies.

We cringe at the stories consisting of dirty coat hangers with women bleeding to death because of screaming right-wing radicals, yet celebrate these "safe" clinics which are not as safe as they are proclaimed to be.  If pro-abortionists are mainly concerned with the health and safety of women, why do they fight so hard against medical standards as legitimate out-patient surgery clinics?  

In a recent study of the twenty abortion clinics in Virginia,  not one walked away with a clean report card.  Documents show one or more had expired medication, dried blood on recovery recliners, chemicals stored with "clean" supplies, rust on machines, and reusable equipment not properly cleaned.  

An abortion clinic in Muskegon was recently described as a "filthy mess."  There were eight alleged violations of the city's fire code--including containers of hazardous materials not stored in cabinets--centered on what appeared to be generally poor housekeeping for any type of medical equipment

This includes garbage piled up next to a procedure table along with unsterilized surgical equipment.

In Pennsylvania, several abortion clinics closed rather than bring their clinics up to standards when inspections were conducted after an 18-year hiatus discovered massive deficiencies.

Let me be clear, I do NOT look at women who have had abortions as being evil!  They are human beings who, like myself, have human frailties and weaknesses.  I have several friends who have had abortions that are dear, dear friends.  They are not bad people.  I have no right to judge them because to do so would require me to remove the plank from my very own eyes. 

Many, perhaps most, abortions are done by girls and women in unfortunate circumstances who don't really want to but don't know what else to do. They are pressured by a husband, boyfriend, or family member to end the pregnancy.

Some women are very ambivalent about getting aborted but do go ahead. I've actually known women who have shared this with me.  Those around her told her  that the abortion  wouldn’t bother her. Abortion is not an easy decision to make and some women experience lasting grief, or more rarely, depression.

I have many questions and I'd like you to consider the ones I have on this subject

*  Why don't more women consider adoption rather than abortion? 
*  Is it really fair to arrest women who have had abortions and have them serve jail time?
*  What is best way to educate women (and men) on how to avoid unwanted pregnancies?
*  Should a woman be allowed to have an abortion for absolutely any reason, such as sex selection, selective reduction, or job promotion? If not, when not?" 
*  If a pregnant woman and her unborn child are murdered, do you believe the criminal should face two counts of murder?
*   Why is it that the very people who say the government should stay out of abortion are the same ones who want the government to pay for them? 
*  How is it that an fetus is human, but not a ‘person’?
*  If an unborn child is part of the mother’s body.  then why does it have a completely different genetic code and often a different blood type? How do you explain the fact that it has it’s own immune system?