The abortion issue won’t go away, as so many politicians wish it would.
It persists because the discussion and debate are about our very existence. What is life?
The Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization in 2022 overturned Roe v. Wade, which has defined the abortion landscape in the United States since 1973. That landscape defined a right to abortion protected by the U.S. Constitution.
Dobbs reversed this, concluding that the Constitution contains no such right, directing that the issue be “returned back to the people and their elected representatives.” In the wake of this, each state has taken initiative to define their own abortion regime.
But can that really work?
It didn’t work in the first great issue that tore apart our nation: slavery. Are all men equal in the eyes of God? If yes, then aren’t all equal in the eyes of our government? Slavery accepted the inferiority of some. We ultimately fought and rejected the premise that equality of all in the eyes of our Creator could be different from state to state.
And so is the case with abortion.
Our Declaration of Independence states that we give the government responsibility to protect our God-given right to life.
How can this understanding be different from state to state? Understanding of life and its nature and sanctity defines the core fabric of our country. It is a national value.
We’re now dealing with this issue in an abortion-inducing drug called mifepristone.
When the drug first became available there was a requirement that it only be dispensed in a personal visit to a physician.
This was relaxed temporarily in 2021 under COVID-19 and then made permanent in 2023 during the Biden administration.
But can we really allow anyone to go online and order a drug that destroys an unborn child, no different than going online to order a book or a pair of shoes?
We need a doctor to prescribe something as basic as an antibiotic.
Given the current reality in the country in which some states ban abortion and some states permit it, how do we deal with those living in a state in which abortion is illegal ordering mifepristone online from a provider in a state where abortion is legal?
By Star Parker
