How American society would change if abortion were restricted or eliminated is a very interesting question. On the surface we all would think that as a society there would be an influx of back alley abortions or mothers murdering their newborns or maybe even an increase in self abortion attempts. This issue goes deeper than that. In 1973, when the United States Supreme Court ruled that a Texas law making abortions illegal was an infringement on Jane Roes' right to privacy, they overstepped their authority. The United States Constitution grants them the power to interpret law, not to write law. In this case Justice Blackmon stated in the opinion that Ms. Roes' right to privacy covered under the 14th Amendment to the constitution was violated. In reviewing the 14th Amendment I found no mention of an inherent right to privacy guarantee.
In the book "Taking America Back" Joseph Farah, the founder of WorldNetDaily, illustrates this point better than I have ever seen it......
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