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Pennsylvania Post Roe

Kansas and Indiana made the news this week, the former voting down an abortion ban law and the latter codifying into law the strictest anti-abortion law in the country. So where does Pennsylvania stand in regards to abortion? We stand on hold, waiting for the election of a new governor and legislative seats. (D) Josh Shapiro is the radical pro-choice candidate running for governor against (R) Doug Mastriano who is pro-life. Life is on the ballot this November in the Commonwealth, make no mistake about it. As early as this coming spring we could be voting on a Constitutional Amendment. (Senate Bill 956) The bill introduced by (R) Senator Judy Ward was in response to the abortion industry's lawsuit demanding an end to Medicaid restrictions on abortions. Currently Pennsylvania Medicaid only pays for abortions in the case of rape, incest or the life of a mother is at stake. The abortion industry is going beyond just the funding by taxpayers but is looking to inject a "right" to abortion into the constitution via a State Supreme Court fiat. Senator Ward's bill also will decline any "right" to abortion in Pennsylvania. The abortion industry is trying to bypass the legislative and constitutional amendment process by going through the courts. Does this strategy sound  familiar? It should be, this is the same strategy that brought us the Roe decision that was just ruled unconstitutional on the federal level by the United States Supreme Court. 

The consequences of a Pennsylvania Supreme Court decision in favor of the abortion industry would be disastrous to pro-life efforts in the Commonwealth. The Abortion Control Act would be struck down. Protection for late term pregnancies would cease, no parental consent requirements and no 24 hour waiting period. Abortion centers would no longer be subject to state inspections. This law was passed in response to the Gosnell house of horrors.  Abortion clinics would be less regulated than a massage parlor. In order for PA Bill 956 to become an amendment  to the constitution, it must pass both the House and Senate in two consecutive sessions and then be voted upon by the people. That is why this November state elections are so important. The bill has passed both House and Senate already and it needs to be passed again this upcoming session. We need to vote in pro-life candidates so that we can pass Senate Bill 956 and insure the addition of the Life Amendment to the PA Constitution. 

Thoughts on 49 Years of Roe v Wade

Before 1973 and the Roe v Wade decision, there were thirty states in which abortions were illegal. That all changed when the Supreme Court struck down the laws in those 30 states and made abortion on demand legal and a "constitutional right" in all 50 states. Legal scholars on both sides of the issue agreed that Roe was decided wrongly. According to the Guttmacher Institute, 63,459,781 babies have been aborted as a consequence of this decision. We have been witness to a holocaust right under our very nose for 49 years. A national industry of slaughterhouses aka Planned Parenthood sprung up to provide abortions on demand. Techniques were experimented with to provide the least amount of damage to sought after fetal tissues that were then sold to tissue banks for further distribution and sale to the scientific research community, a lucrative sideline for the abortion provider and banks.. Never before has there been a more heinous dehumanization and callous disregard of human life victimizing such a vulnerable population (the unborn) in history.

Friday, June 24th, 2022 things came to a screeching halt, Roe v Wade and Casey v Planned Parenthood were overturned in a landmark decision by the conservative justices on the SCOTUS.  Dobbs v Jackson was the catalyst for overturning the wrongful decisions made so long ago. Abortion  issues will now be decided at the state level. Women who make up greater than 50% of the voting population will have their say in electing pro-life or pro-choice legislators and governors in their respective states. The ball is in the court of the people to decide, not unelected judges. In a way it is a hollow victory, abortion is not going away overnight with this decision. It is, however, a legal victory for upholding the constitution and the rule of law.

Pro-Lifers, we need to roll up our sleeves, the fight has just begun! We need to define legislation to protect the rights of the unborn from conception to birth. This and nothing less should be our goal. The spilled blood of Abel cried out to the Lord and he heard. What does the sound of 63 million innocents crying out to the Lord sound like? I shudder to think about it.

Abortion Opponents Hear a ‘Heartbeat.’ Most Experts Hear Something Else.

The Health Section of the New York Times published an article ironically on Valentines Day by Health Reporter, Roni Rabin, entitled," Abortion Opponents Hear a 'Heartbeat.' Experts Hear Something Else." The article stated that  during  the very early stage of a pregnancy (six weeks), the embryo is the size of a pomegranate seed and has only a primitive tube of cardiac cells that emit electric pulses and pump blood. The fact that a fetal heart at this stage of development does not make the typical "lub dub" sound we hear from a fully mature heart we are  somehow deceiving  women who seek abortions in states like Texas that have Heartbeat laws, states Rabin. "The consensus among most medical experts is that the electrical activity picked up on an ultrasound at six weeks is not the sound of a heart beating and does not guarantee a live birth. The sound expectant mothers hear during a scan is created by the machine itself, which translates the waves of electrical activity into something audible." Uh huh, since when do we make scientific conclusions by majority rules? Is that fake science? No matter, the fact is that a clump of tubal cardiac cells emitting  electrical activity and pumping blood tells me, it's a heart. The article goes on to try to debunk the pamphlets given to women regarding the risks of an abortion. Some  "facts" that Rabin gives us is that an abortion is no more risky than having your tonsils out and a study showed that the most common emotional response of women from  having an abortion  is relief. I kept looking for some conclusion or point to this article but was hard pressed to find one. There will always be an argument about where to draw the line on abortion where abortions are legalized. In my opinion one is as bad as the other. Life begins at conception. If you understand that then you don't have to worry about heartbeats and cognition. Once conceived, a human life has been made in the image and likeness of God and is due all the dignity and respect for its right to life, even if it is only the size of a pomegranate seed.

Link to NYT Article