7 to 2

     In 1857, the Supreme Court decided that Dred Scott, whether he resided in a slave state or free, was not entitled to the rights and protections of citizenship because he was black. In other words, blacks were not fully human. The vote was 7 to 2. This black mark on our nation was lifted in 1868 when the decision was overturned by the Emancipation Proclamation. In 1973, (though justified through the questionable constitutional right to privacy) the Supreme Court decided that babies who resided inside their mothers are not entitled to the rights and protections of citizenship. In other words, unborn babies are not fully human. The vote was 7 to 2. Sadly, 46 years later, this blood stain on our nation has yet to be blotted out. I wonder what it would have been like to be alive when Dred Scott was repealed, to see that wrong righted. Obviously, neither the Emancipation Proclamation nor amendments to the Bill of Rights changed American attitudes or treatment of black people. That would take a century. Blacks were still treated as inferior, but they could no longer be treated as property.
     Repealing Roe vs. Wade, whether attitudes change or not, would end the legalized murder of unborn babies for being unwanted property of their mothers. Much of the credit for changing public opinion goes to the radical pro-abortion agenda in states such as New York and Virginia. Even without the indisputable evidence of medical science, most people know it's wrong to kill a baby on his birth day. And, thanks to our pro-life President's appointments, this Supreme Court may be more willing to overturn this travesty than those of previous decades. I would like to be alive to see Roe repealed, to see one of so many wrongs righted. And I am beginning to have a glimmer of hope. There is no way to give life back to the 60,000,000 who have been murdered, that stain will never come out, but the bloody floodgates could finally close.
    There will probably be no constitutional amendment restoring rights to the unborn because those are difficult to pass even at the state level. And, unless there is a round of sudden death among the Supreme Court justices, Roe v Wade will not be overturned 7 to 2. Our Constitution says our Creator has given us certain inalienable rights, but privacy is not among them, and certainly not the right to privately commit murder. I can even cite precedent--Cain vs Abel.