June 24, marks the one-year anniversary of the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision, which overturned Roe v. Wade and held that there is no constitutional right to abortion.
Not surprisingly, the Left responded with an apocalyptic tone. Their false and alarmist claims of fascism, a war on women, and systematic inequality due to the Supreme Court’s decision even went so far as to lead to dozens of violent attacks on pro-life groups across the country.
But as it turns out, Dobbs didn’t lead to a catastrophe for women’s rights across the country at all. Instead, it merely returned the contentious issue of abortion to the states, where the people could debate the merits of the issue for themselves and let their elected representatives reflect those beliefs. This principle is the core of self-government, which asserts that the people – not the courts – are our nation’s true source of authority.
Pro-life crowd outside the court reacts to the Supreme Court decision. (Joshua Comins/Fox News)
But for the pro-life movement, this first anniversary of Dobbs raises a new question: What comes next?
As the true pro-woman movement, we know that the issue doesn’t simply stop at protecting life. Instead, our goal is to reduce the number of women seeking abortions. Therefore, our work must be to provide unconditional love and support for all parties involved in the abortion debate: the unborn baby, the mother and the father.
That’s why investment in foster care, adoption, maternal health care and resources for mothers facing unwanted pregnancy is so essential in the days ahead. Thank God we have tens of thousands – if not hundreds of thousands – of new lives that will be saved every year going forward, but we also need to be prepared to step up and meet the needs of so many new mothers.
As we stand today, one year after Dobbs, we can celebrate the most significant win for life in generations: the supposed “right” to abortion is no longer recognized as a substantive right in our Constitution.
Nonetheless, our work is far from over. My uncle, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., famously said, “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”
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