Will Roe vs. Wade Be Overturned?

It is my dream and hope that Roe vs. Wade will be overturned, not only because I think abortion is wrong, but because I think, in a democracy, the decision on whether or not unrestricted abortions should be allowed is a decision the whole country should make through its elected representatives.

In order for that to happen, the makeup of the Supreme Court will have to change. And for that to happen, we need both a conservative president and a conservative senate. That may happen with the next election.

But even with a conservative president and senate, it will take time for vacancies to occur and new conservative justices to be appointed to the Supreme Court.

And if Roe vs. Wade is ever overturned, that will not end the debate but will intensify it. From that point, national abortion law will be decided by the Congress and the president, and will ultimately be determined by American voters.

Hillary Clinton is likely to be a candidate for president in 2016. If Roe vs. Wade has been overturned by then, abortion may become the hottest issue in the 2016 campaign. If that is the case, whether abortions will be allowed or not will depend on whether the voters elect a conservative president and Congress that will pass federal laws prohibiting abortion or a liberal president and Congress that will pass federal law that does what Roe vs. Wade has done - guarantee a woman the power to have an abortion.

Hillary Clinton may feel that woman's rights and abortion "rights" are her strong points. She might like the idea of abortion being the number one issue in 2016.

IF Roe vs. Wade is overturned by then.

Effects of Health Care Bill on Abortion

Yesterday, President Obama signed the health care bill into law.

This is a bill has been both a symptom and a cause of a state of political division in this country that has probably not existed to this extent since the Civil War. What is at stake is our economic survival as a nation and our individual freedoms.

The majority of Americans are against the health care bill, yet Congress and the president have ignored the wishes of the people and passed this bill anyway.

How will this law affect abortion?

There is a lot of attention to the issue of tax-payer funding of abortions that this law may facilitate, but there is another effect I think will be more important.

There is a political backlash brewing, not just because of the health care bill itself, but because of the attitude displayed by Congress and the president in ignoring the will of the people, and because of what this law is coming to symbolize, the destruction of individual freedoms in the United States by the growth of big government. That political backlash can bring conservatives into power in the 2012 and 2014 elections, and the result of that can be a conservative congress and president in 2015 that will be able to bring conservative justices into the Supreme Court who will help to overthrow Roe vs. Wade.

That is the big issue. Not federal funding of abortions, but Roe vs. Wade. As I point out in my "Whose Choice?" website, Roe vs. Wade is not based on the Constitution, and is a mistake that needs to be corrected.

Abortion advocates often call their position "pro-choice," but abortion is not the choice of the unborn children who are aborted, and it is not the choice of the nation as long as policy is dictated by a Supreme Court that itself refuses to submit to the Constitution.

Backlash Brewing - How It Can Effect Roe vs. Wade

With the unpopularity of some of President Obama's policies and the continued concern over the economy, there may be a voter backlash brewing that will bring Republican or conservative majorities into Congress in the 2010 elections about a year from now. And if that trend continues into the 2012 election, there may be a conservative president and congress that will bring conservative justices into the Supreme Court.

This can set the stage for Roe vs. Wade being overturned sometime after 2012.

When that happens, the battle over abortion will become more intense, because the issue will no longer be decided by the Supreme Court, but by the national and state legislatures. As I point out in my article Whose Choice? , the choice about abortion will be made by the people, the voters.

I named my article "Whose Choice?" to draw attention to two things: One, abortion is NOT "pro-choice" because it takes away every choice that the unborn baby can ever make in its life. But also, the choice of whether abortion should be legal in this country or not is being made by a Supreme Court that has exceeded the authority given it by the constitution and is basing its decisions on its own precedent rather than the constitution itself. The choice of whether abortion should be legal or not should be made by the people through their legislatures if we are to follow the constitution.

It that is exactly what will happen after Roe vs. Wade is overturned.

Before President Obama was elected, I had predicted that Roe vs. Wade will be overturned, and I still feel the same way.

I am convinced that Roe vs. Wade will be overturned.

How Will the Election of Obama Affect Roe vs. Wade?

The biggest factor in the abortion battle is the prospect of Roe vs. Wade being overturned. And for that to happen, conservative justices would have to be appointed to the Supreme Court, and that will be determined by the president and the Senate. President Obama and the Democratic Senate will not appoint conservative judges. But if Obama becomes unpopular during his term, there could be a backlash against him, and that could bring conservatives into the senate in 2 years and 4 years and a conservative in the white house in 4 years. If that were to occur, such a conservative administration would be able to appoint justices that would overturn Roe vs. Wade.

Whose Choice is "Pro-choice"?

Pro-abortion advocates label their position pro-choice, but abortion is not pro-choice. Abortion robs an unborn child of every choice he or she could every make. It is also not the choice of the nation through its elected representatives. As I point out in the article Whose Choice?, it is the choice of a handful of justices on the Supreme Court who have defied the limits on their authority granted under the Constitution and have taken it upon themselves to write new law.

I believe that Roe vs. Wade will be overturned, and when it does, the abortion issue will be settled in the Congress or in the state legislatures.