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The Higher Law of Nuremberg on Roe
It is an unfortunate fact that very few Americans today are familiar with the principles of common law. If they are familiar with it at all, many assume it to be something akin to the fact that if you live together unmarried for 7 years, you are considered to be legally married. In other words, the idea of law that is unwritten yet practiced. In truth, there is much more to it than that. Central to common law is the idea that law can be discovered but not made. This is grounded in the principle of “higher law – the concept that there is a law higher than any government’s law.
Posted in Sanctity of Life
Tagged Elizabeth Warren, Richard Maybury, roe vs. wade, Terry Eastland, U.S. Supreme Court
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Now More Than Ever
It wasn’t so long ago that such a thing would be unthinkable: a standing ovation for abortion in the New York State Senate chamber with the passage of legislation permitting abortion for any reason up until the moment of birth. Already in New York City, one in three babies are aborted. The bill goes so far as to drop the requirement that doctors perform abortions and decriminalizes acts of violence that result in the deaths of unborn babies. In other words, if an unborn baby dies in the commission of an act of violence against his or her mother, the …
Posted in Marriage/Family/Culture, Sanctity of Life
Tagged Abortion, Bill Clinton, Democrat Party, Donald Trump, George H. W. Bush, Hyde Amendment, Jimmy Carter, March for Life, Medicaid, Nelson Rockefeller, New York, New York legislature, New York's abortion bill, roe vs. wade, Ronald Reagan
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Trump Walks a Tightrope
As President Trump gazed out over his audience in the U.S. House of Representatives chamber of the United States Capitol, he could not fail to notice a prominent block of female Democratic lawmakers seated front and center and dressed in white to symbolize their growing power in the halls of government. Their presence was a painful reminder to the President that in the 2018 Congressional races female voters preferred Democratic candidates by 19 points, sending a record 106 women to Congress.
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Tagged Abortion, Border Patrol, Border Wall, Donald J. Trump, infanticide, late-term abortion, roe vs. wade, State of the Union
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The Real Reason to Criticize Roe
On the fortieth anniversary of Roe v. Wade, it has suddenly become fashionable in certain circles to suggest that the controversial Supreme Court decision was actually a blessing in disguise for pro-lifers, because it breathed new life into a fledgling right-to-life movement and put the abortion rights movement permanently on the defensive.
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Tagged 1973, Abortion, Pro-Life, Roe v. Wade, roe vs. wade
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