Seize Freedom, by Rep. Thad McCotter: on Abortion


Thad McCotter: Roe let government decide which life deserves protection

In another day, people used a phrase to express where a human being was most secure: "You are as safe as in your mother's womb." Today, one no longer hears this phrase. By denying an unborn child's God-given right to life, the Roe v. Wade ruling ended the legal protections of unborn children and, unconscionably, their lives. Roe v. Wade empowered government to determine arbitrarily which innocent human lives deserved protection. The decision ushered in other life denying and destroying practices--such as assisted suicide--which are premised on the assertion that innocent life is conditional and subject to government. Moreover, by seizing the contentious abortion issue from the hands of the voters, the Supreme Court--deliberately designed as the least publicly accountable branch of American government--disenfranchised the American people from deciding the issue among themselves through democratic processes and institutions.
Source: Seize Freedom, by Rep. Thad McCotter, p.146 Feb 8, 2011

  • The above quotations are from Seize Freedom!
    American Truths and Renewal in a Chaotic Age    ,
    by Rep. Thad McCotter.
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