A new Internet website makes
for timely and interesting reading as North American pro-lifers mark the
25th anniversary of the Roe vs. Wade decision in the United States.
The new site, available at
www.prolife.org/rvw, is labeled 25 Years of Life Denied, and features a
host of useful information for pro-lifers interested in learning the real
significance of this landmark decision.
The homepage offers details
and an overview of the case which in effect allowed abortion on demand
in the U.S.
It also summarizes the constitutional
question and provides information on related cases, including ebster v.
Reproductive Health Services (1989) and Planned Parenthood v. Casey (1992).
Calling up the website also
allows provides Internet links to a number of related sources dealing with
abortion and its harmful consequences.
While the 1973 court decision
was a setback for pro-life supporters, there is some for consolation in
the fact that Nora McCorvey, the "Roe" woman for whom the case was argued,
has refuted her pro-abortion beliefs and has become a strong defender of
the right to life.
Her conversion, along with
technological advances which make the humanity of the unborn child impossible
to deny, are major factors in a wider public acceptance of the truth of
the pro-life position.
Here is a excerpt from the
Roe vs. Wade website:
"It is important that
the reader understand the current legal status of abortion in America.
There seems to be a widespread perception that the Supreme Court decision
only permits abortion up to 24 weeks, and after that time only to save
the life of the mother. This false perception -- fuelled in large part
by groups supporting abortion rights -- is uncritically accepted by the
media. The fact is that the current law does not restrict a woman from
getting an abortion for practically any reason she deems fit during the
nine months of pregnancy."
