This is Our House. I Won’t Be Part of Burning It Down.

I just published a post which made it clear that I am not going to allow the bishops to vote me in the upcoming elections. 

I also said that we have the votes to overturn Roe on the Supreme Court. While it is true that we do have the votes, it is also true that the Court has sent mixed signals about abortion since Kavanaugh was confirmed. 

I’ve been queasy about some of the more outlandish “pro life” bills that have been passed in various legislatures around the country. Those bills create laws that damage and attack women more than they are aimed at saving the lives of the unborn. They expose the misogynist core in the hearts of some pretend pro lifers.  

The question before us right now is whether or not the Court is going to overturn Roe in the next few months. Just as important is how they overturn it, if they do. 

The prevailing wisdom has long been that the Court would de-federalize the issue of abortion and make it a state issue as it was before Roe. It’s all — all of it — a matter of saving lives and defending the human. How do we thread the needle of bringing an end to legal abortion while defending the human rights of women and girls? 

I think we do it with honesty and courage. We do it by taking responsibility for our country, each of us ourselves. And those of us who are Christians do it by standing firm in our faith in Jesus Christ. 

The right to life extends to all people, of every age and condition. It is just as much the right of my 94-year-old mother as it is an unborn baby. It belongs to every human being. 

America fought a civil war over who is human. We have parried and thrust, quarreled and demonstrated about this question from our founding until now. The right to life movement is a continuation of that discussion.

I don’t have a specific tactic in mind for overturning Roe except to wait and see what the Court does with the law they are set to review. When they rule, then we can formulate tactics for going forward. However, any tactic we devise cannot ask people to support evils such as rape, misogyny or the destruction of America. Satan cannot cast out satan. 

This is our house. I won’t be part of burning it down.