Understanding The Dobbs Supreme Court Decision

 

This is a day for freedom loving and Christian people to be thankful for the Supreme Court ruling in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization case. There's so much in and behind this very clear ruling:

1. There's no implicit right in the US Constitution or Bill of Rights to end unborn life.
2. Therefore, the individual States get to decide how to address the issue of abortion.
3. There is a peaceful process in place to amend the US Constitution to include a right to abortion if those who support abortion wish to do so.
4. This decision overturns the legally convoluted and flawed Roe v. Wade decision of 1973.  The majority could have upheld Dobbs on a 6-3 vote, adding Chief Justice Roberts to the majority, but decided to go all the way and overturn Roe v. Wade. 
5. Unlike the Supreme Court's Dred Scott decision that helped lead us into The Civil War, this decision, like Brown v. Board of Education, promotes liberty and life to a maligned and underserved class of people.  
6. It matters greatly who you vote for as President of the United States.  Donald Trump, by relying on The Federalist Society to advise him on selecting justices to serve on our federal courts, assured our nation that we would have originalists making important decisions.
7. The culture, with the help of science, has become increasingly pro-life, and this decision, rather than breaking new ground in our culture, affirms a gradual change in our culture that favors liberty and more protections for the unborn. 

To Christians and freedom-loving people of all political affiliations, can we use this opportunity to offer a better story to our friends, co-workers and neighbors?  There are many good articles already posted at www.thegospelcoalition.org and there will be many more on this subject, but the post by Winfree Brisley here www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/remember-overturned-roe/   focuses on giving thanks and allowing a true story to take place in our minds. We have the opportunity each day to tell that better story.