By Dave Andrusko
It is no mere academic exercise to attempt to work through the twists and turns that over the space of a year turned a “moderate” abortion decision into the abortion on demand verdict that Justice Harry Blackmun gave an unsuspecting nation on January 22, 1973. Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton unleashed killing machinery that has taken the lives of over 54 million unborn babies.
Using an exemplary analysis written in 2005, National Right to Life President and Pro-Life Perspective Host Carol Tobias has offered us important insights this week into the evolution of Roe, using the fine work of Los Angeles Times reporter David Savage. If you missed any episodes, you can listen to them at www.prolifeperspective.com.
There is no universal consensus, but based on Blackmun’s own papers, it appears that in 1972 (as Mrs. Tobias explains) the language of the “original opinion would have struck down the law in Texas and the laws in 30 other states as well, but it apparently would have allowed states to revise their abortion laws.” Without getting too deep in the machinations of Warren Burger, the Chief Justice pushed for a delay, ”and the majority voted to put off a decision on the abortion cases until the fall.” Read more »



January 27th, 2012
Dave Andrusko 






