Week in Review – The disappointing SCOTUS oral arguments on abortion
The long-awaited arguments at the Supreme Court in the Dobbs case took place this week. The Dobbs case concerns a Mississippi law that would halt most abortions after the preborn child reaches a gestational age of 15 weeks. Previous decisions by the Supreme Court have struck down any law that sought to regulate abortion prior to “viability”—which is generally considered to occur around 23-25 weeks gestational age.
The fact that the Supreme Court even agreed to take this case under consideration was a departure from previous court procedures. Most news media attributed this to the fact that, since Trump appointed three justices, the court now has more “conservative” justices.
A full transcript of the oral arguments can be found here.
From American Life League’s perspective, these arguments all centered on the wrong question. The discussion was all about “will the Supreme Court allow states to place restrictions on abortion prior to viability?”
The real question should have been—will the Supreme Court proclaim the fact that every preborn human being is a unique human being and entitled to all the rights and protections of every other innocent human being in America?
The discussion revolved around the rights of the pregnant woman—the word “mother” was only used once in the discussion and that was by abortion rights lawyer Julie Rikelman when she maintained the Constitution does not view a woman’s primary role as a “wife and mother.” Throughout the arguments, the preborn child was almost always referred to as a “fetus.” Although this is scientifically accurate, the word distracts from the humanity of the preborn child. The word “baby” was used only once.
That was done by the pro-abortion United States Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar, when JUSTICE THOMAS asked her: “Would you specifically tell me what the right is? Is it specifically abortion? Is it liberty? Is it autonomy? Is it privacy?” PRELOGAR answered: “… the right is grounded in the liberty component of the Fourteenth Amendment, Justice Thomas, but I think that it promotes interest in autonomy, bodily integrity, liberty, and equality. And I do think that it is specifically the right to abortion here, the right of a woman to be able to control, without the state forcing her to continue a pregnancy, whether to carry that baby to term.”
There is much discussion going on in the press and elsewhere about the position of the various justices and whether Roe v.Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey will survive this current review of the court. The consensus seems to be they will not survive, even though Chief Justice John Roberts is clearly seeking a compromise that would allow the Mississippi law to stay in place while preserving Roe and Casey.
Either of these outcomes would be a failure for the preborn babies. If all the court does is overturn Roe and Casey, the fate of the preborn human beings will be left to state legislators. Thus, preborn children will still be allowed to be slaughtered in the United States. They may be safer in some states than others, but our once-great nation will still allow the murder of the innocent.
After 50 years and 60+ million dead, we need to actively turn to God for a solution. We encourage everyone to pull out your Rosaries and pray for an end to abortion. Join the Marian Blue Wave and other prayerful efforts and ask our Blessed Mother—the Mother of God—to intercede for all of America and ask her Son to end the slaughter.
ALL in the News – Marian Blue Wave Discloses Upcoming Event Scheduled for the Feast of the Immaculate Conception
This week, the Marian Blue Wave announced an upcoming event for MBW prayer partners, which is scheduled to take place on the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, December 8, at 9 PM EST. During the event, we will announce the newest facet of the powerful MBW program, which asks Catholics and Christians to pray the Rosary for an end to abortion and the closing of Planned Parenthood. To sign up for this free-announcement event, click here.
Twice a week, Judie Brown’s commentaries are distributed to an expansive media list. The list contains over 100 media outlets such as Fox News, The Federalist, Breitbart, and The Daily Caller, among others. Judie’s Tuesday commentary, Some of Us Are Hellish Creatures, appeared on the ALL home page. Each commentary is also featured as a part of Judie’s recurring column on Renew America.
Jim Sedlak’s Pro-Life Activism from Creation to Death is a weekly talk-radio program on the Radio Maria USA network. The show can be heard live every Friday at noon (Eastern Time). Each show features an update on what is happening in the pro-life world, and frequently guests will appear on the show to provide first-hand updates and experiences.
Video of the Week – Thousands of charitable groups seek financial contributions this time of year.
One non-profit often associated with Christmas is The Salvation Army. It considers itself a Christian organization, but information it provides on its website proves otherwise. In less than 30 seconds, we explain the problem with The SA.
Action Item of the Week – The Marian Blue Wave Special Announcement this Wednesday
What is the Marian Blue Wave?
A call to Catholics across America to pray a weekly Rosary with the specific intentions of ending all surgical, pill, contraceptive and IVF abortion and shutting down every Planned Parenthood facility in the United States.
The Marian Blue Wave was launched two years ago and has attracted thousands of prayer warriors from 31 different countries on all six inhabited continents.
The MBW has a very special announcement coming on Wednesday, December 8, and all readers of Pro-Life This Weekare invited to the virtual event.
Join the Marian Blue Wave team on the Feast of the Immaculate Conception—Wednesday, December 8, at 9 PM EST.
Our team has been working all year to answer YOUR requests for more ways to be a spiritual warrior for life!
This FREE online announcement event will reveal a new and exciting way to fight the evils of abortion and Planned Parenthood.
To claim your free invitation, click here.
Pro-life Social Media – Abortion Violence Organizations Express Fear Over SCOTUS Hearings
There’s no such thing as an abortion that Planned Parenthood and its bloodthirsty allies find repugnant. Therefore, any encroachment on their sacred abortion cash cow is a national emergency.
This week, the court responsible for decriminalizing child murder is entrusted by many pro-life groups to recriminalize child murder. On December 1, SCOTUS heard arguments in favor of a 15-week abortion “ban” in Mississippi. Abortion titans like Planned Parenthood couldn’t contain their disgust.
The state of Mississippi has openly asked #SCOTUS to overturn Roe. Its intentions are clear.
With a supermajority on the Court openly hostile to reproductive freedom, we’re at a moment of crisis—and the future of legal abortion hangs in the balance.
— NARAL (@NARAL) December 2, 2021
There’s no “middle ground” for SCOTUS to take in this case. If the Court allows Mississippi’s ban to stand, it will put abortion access at risk across the country & in the words of Justice Sotomayor, create a “stench” in the public perception of the Court. https://t.co/0bQo72sN8y
— Planned Parenthood Action (@PPact) December 2, 2021
As if the public’s perception of the court is squeaky clean?
"I support abortion access because of my Catholic faith – not in spite of it. My faith teaches that healthcare is a human right — and that includes abortion." — @jamielmanson pic.twitter.com/Nmk9Fvhlj5
— Catholics for Choice (@Catholic4Choice) December 1, 2021
The heretical Catholics for Choice argues that abortion violence is sacred because self-professing Catholics get abortions. Side note: There’s something peculiar in C4C’s video:
Can't help watching the ASL interpreter signing 'abortion' while the heretical 'Catholics' for Choice advocates for it. pic.twitter.com/NoU40OmgoI
— American Life League (@AmerLifeLeague) December 2, 2021
For the record, in 40+ years, we’ve never come across a single memo outlining a plan to “control women’s pregnant people’s bodies.”
These groups don’t care if a preborn baby is four days old or 40 weeks old because, ultimately, they believe mothers have a right to a dead baby.
