On Yet Another Roe Anniversary, The Manhattan Declaration Reaffirms Life

Tomorrow, January 22nd, is the 37th anniversary of the infamous Roe vs. Wade and Doe vs. Bolton abortion decisions. Since the essentially unrestricted right to abortion was legalized by the U.S. Supreme Court, including for reasons of safeguarding a woman's mental health, an estimated 50 million unborn children have been aborted in the U.S.

On Friday, we remember the untold millions of lives lost in America's national holocaust and contemplate what contributions and impact these lives could have made in our nation, had they only been given the precious gift of life. The right-to-life is, of course, guaranteed as the first unalienable right endowed to us by our Creator. Sadly, our U.S. legal system has violated its own organic law in the misguided pursuit of enshrining a woman's illusory Constitutional right to choose death for her children. May we, in time, overturn this terrible travesty of justice and common decency.

On a related note, The Manhattan Declaration is an eloquent statement by Orthodox, Catholic, and evangelical Christians who have united at this hour to reaffirm fundamental truths about the sanctity of human life, marriage, and religious liberty.

We at OFPC call upon all our fellow citizens, believers and non-believers alike, to join us in supporting and defending them. You can read and add your name in support of the Manhattan Declaration at http://www.manhattandeclaration.org/.