Abortion Myths v. Truths – The U.S. Supreme Court’s relook at Roe v. Wade

Introduction

This week, the U.S. Supreme Court is hearing arguments that may overturn Roe v. Wade. This landmark lawsuit challenge, Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, may prove to undo the atrocious decision the Court made nearly 50 years ago, which led to millions of lives lost due to abortions.

Roe v. Wade is the legal case in which the U.S. Supreme Court on January 22, 1973, ruled 7–2 that unduly restrictive state regulation of abortion is unconstitutional. In the majority opinion written by Justice Harry A. Blackmun, the Court held that a set of Texas statutes criminalizing abortion violated a woman’s constitutional right of privacy, which it found to be implicit in the liberty guarantee of the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Legal scholars and others have debated not only the decision, but the legal footing of that decision ever since.  Meanwhile, over 62 million human lives have been aborted since 1973.

As our national conscience is reawakened, Americans will be watching the arguments presented to the Court and the subsequent ruling the Court makes. This educational aid provides the truth about abortion, while debunking the myths and misnomers that often surround the debate.

Myth #1:

If Roe v. Wade is overturned, it will outlaw abortion in the U.S. 

Truth:

If Roe v. Wade is overturned, the power to regulate abortions will likely revert back to individual states to make law.… (Excerpts from AFPI)