By Judie Brown
Because the Supreme Court’s Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision now allows individual states to make their own laws regarding abortion, pro-life people, especially Catholics, face a tough battle throughout the country. One by one, states have begun enshrining abortion into their state laws.
Virginia is one such state, and it will confront the culture of death in all its deceit when voting takes place in November. This is so because a ballot measure addresses “a fundamental right to reproductive freedom.” Why would such a proposal be necessary? The simple answer is that proponents of abortion on demand want to ensure that their devotion to killing becomes a matter of constitutional law. We have certainly heard this song before.
Ever since the first constitutional amendment proponents began their trek toward better killing through law, we have seen the carnage, and we know the agenda. The problem is, of course, that not everyone sees it for what it is, so the murder mafia continues. Virginia could become the latest casualty in the war against the innocent, but it’s certainly not the only state facing these types of threats.
Anytime the practice of committing abortion comes into question, the outcry is deafening from those who prefer taking the lives of preborn children over accepting and affirming the right to life for every person, born and preborn.
In Virginia, the proposed language is laced with nuance, including specific instructions regarding the commonwealth’s interest in the mother who chooses to abort her child. Specifically, the amendment forbids the state from penalizing, prosecuting, or otherwise acting against anyone assisting the expectant mother in the commission of an abortion.
Virginia’s two Catholic bishops have sounded the alarm, stating that the proposal is “extreme” and “shocking to the conscience.” As a matter of fact, Bishops Burbidge and Knestout are echoing the teachings of the Church as they have existed from the beginning. Abortion is a deadly act that, whether protected by law or endorsed by politicians, remains a scourge on our nation. Over the course of more than 50 years, abortion has killed millions of our fellow citizens, and now abortion activists in the state of Virginia and elsewhere are striving to increase that number.
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