Roe in Illinois

Today is the anniversary of the worst Supreme Court decision in U.S. history, Roe v. Wade, and its companion decision, Doe v. Bolton. On January 22nd, 1973, the Supreme Court found, in essence, that an unborn baby had no rights that a born person was bound to respect, and was subject to being summarily killed at any point throughout all nine months of pregnancy, and sometimes even beyond, for any reason or no reason, and by the cruelest means imaginable.

Here in Illinois, there are virtually no restrictions on abortion at all. As former State Rep. Penny Pullen has remarked, even veterinary clinics are better regulated than abortion clinics.

Nationwide, over 53,000,000 innocents have been lost to abortion. Here in Illinois, almost 2,000,000 of our own are missing due to abortion, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health (H/T: Illinois Review):

On this 38th anniversary, with an awareness of what's at stake, let us each and all re-commit ourselves to opposing abortion in our speech, our actions, our activism, our votes, our communities, and our lives.