I think it would have been Griswold v. Connecticut (1965) of which Rex E. Lee spoke approvingly as having established the right to privacy – not Roe v. Wade as claimed in a previous comment.
Jerome CaniddaJune 30, 2022
In cases of rape and so forth a friend pointed out to me that no woman that is raped is going to wait 2 months to see, ...they are going to take the morning after pill. Even the states recognize this issue and almost all have adapted exceptions for all the concerns. We will always see extremes on both sides but I'm certainly more sensitive to laws that end life. Barbaric is the word I can muster right now.
Sasha KwapinskiJune 27, 2022
I also contribute in support of National Right to Life (NRLC), as well as 40 Days for Life, Lifenews, and other pro life organizations. I also appreciate and support the broadening out or diversification in the pro life movement in recent decades. This is reflected in such organizations as Secular Pro Life (SPL), Democrats for Life of America (DFLA), and Pro Life Alliance of Gays and Lesbians (PLAGAL).
Margaret BourneJune 27, 2022
Thank you for this article and the amazing video. Whilst I do not live in the USA I know that this momentous and brave decision will affect lives everywhere. I have often wondered why we don't recognise a child's right to life as well as a woman's right to govern her own body. Who will stand up for the unborn if their mothers don't? All I can hope for now is that the States see sense as well. Of course there are valid reasons for abortion but these are very few and far between.
Jo Ann McVey OkelberryJune 27, 2022
Thank you for your courageous article. I have been so amazed at the number of active members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have posted on Facebook that women should have the right to have an abortion. How can these people forget that lives are eternal and decisions now can effect our eternal lives. Babies are so precious. it feels as if Satan is rampaging with such strength throughout the world to destroy the eternal lives of God's children. I pray that we can be strong against him.
Kathy SandersJune 27, 2022
Thank you for this fine article and the historical context you’ve given. It defies reason how anyone can approve the.barbaric culture of abortion and justify it in any way. Satan has done an amazing job to desensitize so many to their own humanity. I’m so thankful for the thousands of good people who have kept up the good fight for life these last 49 years and never gave up. Thanks for urging all to speak up and get involved. We can make a difference!
Rob McGhieJune 27, 2022
Although i am against abortion in most caaes, there has to be exceptions for rape, incest and the health of the mother. Also, have we ever stopped to consider how Heavenly Father feels about sending a beloved child to a mother who doesn’t want the child, who may be a lousy parent, who might be condemning that child to a life of drugs, crime or gangs? We are sometimes obsessed with just the birth but not the social problems that child will have to endure.
DavidDJune 27, 2022
As former BYU President and U.S. Solicitor General Rex Lee observed years ago, Roe v. Wade did something that was very crucial. It established a Right of Privacy that is found nowhere else in the Constitution. Without this Right of Privacy, there is absolutely zero to prevent Congress from enacting laws setting limits on how many children a couple can have, requiring couples to engage in oral intercourse, requiring couples to get government permission even to have sexual relations, prohibiting spouses from sleeping in the same room together, on and on.
And by the way, even the Church recognizes that the lives of unborn fetuses are not equal to the lives of living humans. If there were total equality, the Church would not condone abortion in cases of rape.
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Jennifer HansenJuly 2, 2022
I think it would have been Griswold v. Connecticut (1965) of which Rex E. Lee spoke approvingly as having established the right to privacy – not Roe v. Wade as claimed in a previous comment.
Jerome CaniddaJune 30, 2022
In cases of rape and so forth a friend pointed out to me that no woman that is raped is going to wait 2 months to see, ...they are going to take the morning after pill. Even the states recognize this issue and almost all have adapted exceptions for all the concerns. We will always see extremes on both sides but I'm certainly more sensitive to laws that end life. Barbaric is the word I can muster right now.
Sasha KwapinskiJune 27, 2022
I also contribute in support of National Right to Life (NRLC), as well as 40 Days for Life, Lifenews, and other pro life organizations. I also appreciate and support the broadening out or diversification in the pro life movement in recent decades. This is reflected in such organizations as Secular Pro Life (SPL), Democrats for Life of America (DFLA), and Pro Life Alliance of Gays and Lesbians (PLAGAL).
Margaret BourneJune 27, 2022
Thank you for this article and the amazing video. Whilst I do not live in the USA I know that this momentous and brave decision will affect lives everywhere. I have often wondered why we don't recognise a child's right to life as well as a woman's right to govern her own body. Who will stand up for the unborn if their mothers don't? All I can hope for now is that the States see sense as well. Of course there are valid reasons for abortion but these are very few and far between.
Jo Ann McVey OkelberryJune 27, 2022
Thank you for your courageous article. I have been so amazed at the number of active members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have posted on Facebook that women should have the right to have an abortion. How can these people forget that lives are eternal and decisions now can effect our eternal lives. Babies are so precious. it feels as if Satan is rampaging with such strength throughout the world to destroy the eternal lives of God's children. I pray that we can be strong against him.
Kathy SandersJune 27, 2022
Thank you for this fine article and the historical context you’ve given. It defies reason how anyone can approve the.barbaric culture of abortion and justify it in any way. Satan has done an amazing job to desensitize so many to their own humanity. I’m so thankful for the thousands of good people who have kept up the good fight for life these last 49 years and never gave up. Thanks for urging all to speak up and get involved. We can make a difference!
Rob McGhieJune 27, 2022
Although i am against abortion in most caaes, there has to be exceptions for rape, incest and the health of the mother. Also, have we ever stopped to consider how Heavenly Father feels about sending a beloved child to a mother who doesn’t want the child, who may be a lousy parent, who might be condemning that child to a life of drugs, crime or gangs? We are sometimes obsessed with just the birth but not the social problems that child will have to endure.
DavidDJune 27, 2022
As former BYU President and U.S. Solicitor General Rex Lee observed years ago, Roe v. Wade did something that was very crucial. It established a Right of Privacy that is found nowhere else in the Constitution. Without this Right of Privacy, there is absolutely zero to prevent Congress from enacting laws setting limits on how many children a couple can have, requiring couples to engage in oral intercourse, requiring couples to get government permission even to have sexual relations, prohibiting spouses from sleeping in the same room together, on and on. And by the way, even the Church recognizes that the lives of unborn fetuses are not equal to the lives of living humans. If there were total equality, the Church would not condone abortion in cases of rape.
JulieJune 27, 2022
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