Supreme Court's Roe v Wade decision powerful reminder about elections and faith
The decision on Roe by the Supreme Court proves once again that elections have consequences
Fox
News' chief legal correspondent Shannon Bream provides details on the
Supreme Court's ruling that reverses the long-standing precedent on
abortion in America.
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BeyondWords This
week’s Supreme Court ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health
Organization is the greatest judicial reversal since Brown v. Board of
Education overturned racial segregation in schools.
This
is not primarily a victory for Republicans or conservatives. It is a
resounding victory for millions of yet-to-be-born children who will now
get to live out their God-ordained lives.
A girl holds a pro-life sign in front of the Supreme Court after the historic ruling overturning Roe vs. Wade.
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Friday’s
ruling is a sober reminder of the 50 years of havoc that Roe v. Wade
left in its wake. Sixty-three million children have been murdered in the
womb since 1973. Without question abortion has been the single greatest
moral stain on our nation in our history.
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As
momentous as the ruling in Dobbs is, however, we need to remember that
this is not an outright national ban on abortion. By overturning Roe v. Wade,
the Court has simply returned the authority to regulate abortion back
to the state level. There will be an intense battle waged in all 50
states over this hot button issue. The pro-life cause has won an
important battle, but the war is far from over. Those who value life
cannot afford to become weary in well-doing.
The
overturning of Roe is also an affirmation of the right and
responsibility of Christians to get involved in the political process.
There is only one reason Roe was overturned—in 2016, conservative
Christians worked together to elect Donald Trump and President Trump
kept his promise to appoint pro-life justices to the Supreme Court.
Both the left and right agree that had Hillary Clinton been elected Roe
would still be the law of the land today.
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This week’s historic ruling is a reminder that elections have consequences. Elected leaders
determine policies that can influence the moral and spiritual direction
of a country. In the 1940s, German Christians (with only a few
exceptions) remained silent as Adolf Hitler rose to power.
Hundreds of people gathered outside the Supreme Court awaiting the Dobbs ruling.
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Thankfully,
Christians in our country have refused to remain silent about the
genocide of unborn children. Together, they effected a leadership change
that in turn resulted in a policy change that will save millions of
lives.
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Jesus
called Christians to be both salt and light in Matthew 5. In Jesus’s
day, salt was a preservative. While it couldn’t prevent the decay of
meat, it could delay the decay of meat.
Similarly,
Jesus left his disciples here on Earth to delay the cultural and moral
rot in our society so that we could have more time to present the hope
and forgiveness Christ offers all people.
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But for salt to do its preserving work, it has to get out of the saltshaker and penetrate the meat. Thankfully, millions of Christians got out of the pews and penetrated the political world, resulting in this week’s historic Supreme Court ruling.
Just as Christians led the way in the abolition of slavery and the fight for civil rights, Christians of this generation have been instrumental in protecting our most basic right of all---the right to life.
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Dr.
Robert Jeffress is pastor of the 13,000-member First Baptist Church in
Dallas and a Fox News (FNC) contributor. His daily radio program
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