US Supreme Court November 19, 1962

Op-Ed: When Conversation About Roe v Wade is Unavoidable

by Aliza BasMenachem

Making legal changes in America’s democratic system is difficult and time consuming – especially when the radicals wanting the changes are in the minority. But if the radicals can get a case in the US Supreme Court, they just need good lawyers and a majority of liberal judges, and the rulings they achieve will then make changes across the entire country. A series of cases using this tactic led to the questionable ruling for Roe v Wade.

In 1962, the Supreme Court made a ruling that began the process to eradicate G-d from our schools. The reasoning for the ruling was that the brief non-denominational prayer in question did not address the belief of atheists. In the words of David Horowitz, in his book “Dark Agenda” (page 75): “They had bypassed America’s democratic platforms, where they were greatly outnumbered, and by a vote of six unelected lawyers, they had overturned nearly two centuries of precedent and tradition. And they had done so for all fifty states – at once.”

Then in 1965, the Supreme Court made a ruling that upheld the ‘right to privacy’. The majority opinion admitted that the Bill of Rights did not contain a right to privacy. But that the right to privacy was in the ‘spirit’ of the law in the First, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth and Fourteenth Amendments. It reads like a joke. But it’s not a joke.

This successful tactic to circumvent the democratic legislative process for making laws, as was done to take G-d out of schools, and the newly minted right to privacy, set the stage for the Roe v Wade ruling in 1973. The ruling determined that the constitutional right to privacy protects a pregnant women’s liberty to choose to have an abortion. Another stream of reasoning that reads like sarcasm. Privacy justifies homicide. But again, it’s in our legal system. It’s not a joke. This was the decision by the US Supreme Court, so it applied to the entire nation.

The late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburgh may have been supportive of abortion, but about the Roe v Wade decision, she considered it a bad law and doomed to fail.

Given the legal history of Roe v Wade, it is understandable how the current Supreme Court was able to overturn the ruling and send the question of abortion back to the states, where it belongs, according to the democratic process. The court is for interpreting laws, not for making laws. The opinion was written by Justice Samuel Alito. He stated that the Roe ruling had “usurped the power to address a question of profound moral and social importance that the Constitution unequivocally leaves for the people… It is time to heed the Constitution and return the issue of abortion to the people’s elected representatives.”

Triggered by corporate media, along with Tweets by famous personalities, many people are under the impression that overturning Roe means that instead of federal law legalizing abortion in all states, that now, federal law has made abortion illegal in all states. Not so.

The new ruling is about jurisdiction. Taking the abortion discussion out of the courts and back into our law making system in individual states, so the different subcultures in individual states across our vast nation can choose what works best for them. But with the emotional reactions of prominent Democrats like Pelosi, AOC and Pocahantas, it is easy to see how the misconception of illegality is being promoted.

Why are these women so hysterical? Because if abortion is not as available as they want it to be, it slows down their feminist, Marxist agenda to destroy the family. They want women to abort children, not
nurture children. They want women to be like men. Men are promiscuous without getting pregnant and do not take maternity leave from their corporate jobs. It seems birth control is not sufficient, so you
need a backup plan for after the fact. To them abortion is a contraceptive. They are not concerned with the sanctity of life. Even if they claim to be religious, they don’t believe in G-d, so they don’t believe that each of us is sent to this world with a unique mission…

Including my sister Justine, who was born with Down’s Syndrome and who brought so much joy to my life and to so many others. Nowadays, carrying a fetus with Down’s Syndrome often leads to abortion. I shudder to think about it.

I think I have given a good explanation of why Roe was overturned. You
might think further conversation is not needed. But really the conversation has just started. How do you answer the slogan ‘my body, my choice’? What about the claim that men should not be making decisions for women? And what about in the case of assault?

The slogan ‘my body, my choice’ amazes me. It has been repeated so many times, that people do not realize it doesn’t make sense. When you see an ultrasound image of a fetus, you know there is a separate being growing inside of the woman. Within weeks of conception the unborn has a heartbeat. As humans, we do not have two hearts. But if you insist that it is your body – and you want to make the choices – then make responsible choices. Make responsible choices so that you don’t end up with an unwanted pregnancy. And if it happened by mistake. I realize mistakes happen. You have the choice of adoption over abortion. It’s just not as cool.

I have a few points about the mantra of men not having an opinion about abortion. Firstly, the Supreme Court justices who legalized abortion in Roe v Wade, were all men.

Men have an opinion because men participate in conception. And yet many men claim to support a woman’s right to choose. Or are they pro abortion for other reasons as suggested by trusted moralist Dennis Prager who wrote in his weekly column on June 28, 2022, “Abortion on demand meant
that men impregnating women to whom they were not married came with no consequences. Abortion meant that men didn’t have to marry the woman they impregnated. Abortion meant that men didn’t have to raise the child they conceived. And abortion meant that men didn’t have to pay child support. Turns out that abortion is many men’s best friend.”

Women may say that it is their choice about abortion and men should not be involved, but I do not believe them. If we had the statistics we would find that a vast percentage of abortions involve women who are pushed into both the pregnancy and abortion. Political commentator with Ben Shapiro’s Daily Wire, Candace Owens, grew up in neighborhoods where abortion was common. She made a video explaining why she went from being pro-abortion most of her life to being anti-abortion. She emphatically expressed how all the abortions she knew about were initiated because of duress from family and friends.

Feminist/Marxist purveyors of abortion know that part of the attraction to abortion is that it deceives women into thinking that abortion is liberating. And that it empowers women to have it under their domain to make the deadly choice. And so the idea that men cannot voice their opinion about abortion is an easy sell to women who need an extra boost to their self image.

The arrival of an unplanned baby changes a woman’s life forever in a positive way. But admittedly, the short term lifestyle changes are difficult. Yet, there are endless stories of women who chose to keep their baby under difficult conditions and are happy with their decision. It is the decision of a good and responsible mother. And there are many people who were adopted and have grown into happy, productive and appreciative lives.

The conversation about the reversal of Roe v Wade is long and complicated. It hardly feels relevant to most of us. But if you do end up discussing this heated topic, I hope this article will be helpful.

Can we do anything to help the situation? Of course we can! The trouble started in 1962 with the court case that took prayer out of schools and led the way for further taking Hashem out of schools and many public places, including high school football fields at the 50 yard line. (Kennedy v. Bremerton School Dist.) We can get to the root of the problem. We can bring Hashem back into American life where He belongs. A Moment of Silence to start the school day is a good beginning. We each need to tap into the sanctity of our own lives and fulfill our unique missions according to the gifts Hashem gave us.