OPINION, -- On January 22nd, 1973, in a landmark ruling, the Supreme Court legalized abortion. The majority opinion ruled the "decision" to end a pregnancy during the first three months belonged to a woman and her doctor, not the government. The laws in all states that protected the preborn in the womb were struck down and rendered "Unconstitutional." They found in the "penumbra" of the Constitution a privacy right to commit the unspeakable to our choiceless sons and daughters in America.
As a result, 1/3rd of this generation became disposal. Precious children made in the image of God were reduced to the status of medical waste to be discarded in the name of choice.
On the same day, in a companion case, Doe vs. Bolton, the Supreme Court established a "substantive due process" right to abortion. This ruling was based upon the modern view of law that believes our Constitution is a "living document." In so doing, they rejected our historic view, the Constitution is a fixed standard which established America's rule of law.
Justice Harry Blackmun, who wrote the majority opinions, instructed that Roe and Doe "are to be read together." In the 7-2 opinion, the Supreme Court elaborated on the "health exception" established in Roe. The Court determined abortion was necessary even after viability in order to preserve the "health" of the mother. The state was therefore prohibited to interfere up to the ninth month of pregnancy based upon these "exceptions."
According to Blackmun, the doctor's medical judgment as to the health of the mother may be "exercised in the light of all factors-physical, emotional, psychological, familial, and the woman's age-relevant to the wellbeing of the patient."
On that fateful day 42 years ago, America entered into a Covenant with Death. The evil roots of Roe vs. Wade and Doe vs. Bolton have produced the predictable dangerous fruits ill-affecting our nation today. America has committed domestic terrorism within the womb and we are struggling against foreign terrorism without. The Bible warns, "God is not mocked!" What a man sows that shall he also reap (Galatians 6:7). It is spiritual gravity that our nation cannot escape.
Since Roe vs. Wade, death has become an option exercised by many misguided souls. This is exactly what Dr. Leo Alexander warned against during the Nuremburg trials in Germany. He defined Nazism in these terms, "Nazism occurs when a government chooses death to solve its economic and moral problems." Relative to this definition, Proverbs 8:36 warns, "But he who sins against me (God and His wisdom) wrongs his own soul; All those who hate me love death."
Clearly death, whom the Bible designates as an enemy, has been magically transformed into a viable alternative as people struggle with life's issues. Suicide, euthanasia, violence, murder, carnage, deadly STDs, pestilence, war, terror, and so-called natural disasters have increased dramatically in our blood stained land. Jeremiah 9:20 sadly describes our predicament, "For death has come through our windows, has entered our palaces, to kill off the children- no longer to be outside! And the young men- no longer on the streets" (Jeremiah 9:21)!
Is there any hope as our nation staggers under the weight of bloodguilt established by this Covenant with Death? According to God's Word, there is a way out. We must annul this covenant, restore protection for the preborn, and break our agreement with hell.
Deuteronomy 30:19 states this unassailable reality, "I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live." Our nation cannot choose death and expect blessing. It is only when we choose life can our nation expect God to bless our nation once again. So much of America's woes will end once our nation ends this Covenant with Death!
