The petitioners say the Supreme Court has avoided stating ‘when prenatal life is entitled to any rights enjoyed after birth’, and argue their petition ‘presents the opportunity for this Court to meet that inevitable question head on.’
Judge Gleicher justified her decision by arguing the old pro-life law ‘compels motherhood and its attendant responsibilities,’ despite the fact that the law does not contain any language that would force a woman to become pregnant.
Too often the cautious rhetoric of the pro-life movement suggests that abortion is unnecessary, or unseemly, or unwise, or all of the above. We need to drive home the message that it is unconscionable: that in every 'successful' abortion, a baby dies.