ROE V WADE

SEARCHING FOR AN APPROPRIATE SENTIMENT TO COMMEMORATE THE DEAD AND CASTIGATE
THE LIVING WHO SUPPORT THE ROE V WADE DECISION, I FOUND THESE WORDS: "THE JOY
OF LIVING IS HIS WHO HAS THE HEART TO COMMAND IT." OUR FORMER PRESIDENT, THEODORE ROOSEVELT, WHO MADE THIS OBSERVATION, WOULD NEVER HAVE CONTESTED THAT THE MOMENT OF CONCEPTION IS THE BEGINNING OF LIFE OF A CHILD. A SELF-MADE MAN, AN ADVENTURER, A FATHER, A PRESIDENT AND AN AUTHOR, MR. ROOSEVELT WILLED FOR HIMSELF A FULL, JOYFUL LIFE. HE KNEW THAT HIS HEART BEAT FOR ONE PURPOSE ONLY - TO "SUCK THE MARROW OUT OF LIFE." THESE WORDS, FIRST PENNED BY HENRY DAVID THOREAU IN 'WALDEN', TOOK ON A LITERAL MEANING ON THE OPERATING TABLE WHEN ON JANUARY 22, 1973, THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES ARGUED IN FAVOR OF LEGAL MURDER.

CHURCHES AROUND THE COUNTRY TOMORROW WILL HOLD SERVICES AND SAY MASSES FOR THE REPOSE OF ABORTED SOULS AND THE ENLIGHTMENT OF ABORTED MORAL CONSCIENCE. THOUSANDS ALSO WILL TRAVEL TO WASHINGTON D.C. TOMORROW TO HOLD A PRO-LIFE RALLY TO PROTEST THE ANTI-LIFE DECISION OF ROE V. WADE. THE YOUNG WOMAN WHO INITIALLY BROUGHT FORTH THE LAWSUIT WHICH RESULTED IN THIS DECISION MIGHT BE AMONG THE ATTENDEES BECAUSE YEARS AFTER HER ABORTION SHE PERCEIVED THE UNJUSTNESS AND IMMORATITY OF HER CAUSE AND 'FLIPPED' TO A PRO-LIFE STANCE. SHE HAS COURAGEOUSLY BEEN SPEAKING OUT FOR LIFE EVER SINCE. SHE KNOWS THAT IT IS NOT THE POOR WHO CHOOSE DEATH PLEADING POVERTY; RATHER IT IS PRIVILIGED AND SPOILED WOMEN WHO OPPOSE AN INCONVENIENT BABY. DISTURBING IS POLLING DATA THAT HALF OF AMERICA OPPOSES ABORTION BUT HALF OF AMERICA IS PRO-CHOICE.

WHO TODAY HAS GUTS TO THINK BEFORE ACTION? WHO HAS A MORAL COMPASS THAT POINTS TO LIFE? WHO HAS A HEART THAT COMMANDS ALL LIFE BE A JOY? OFTEN IT IS THE HANDICAPPED, DISABLED, HELPLESS, MARGINALIZED OR ELDERLY THAT SHOW US HOW TO APPRECIATE LIVING. FOR EXAMPLE, THE LATE CHRISTOPHER REEVE AND THE GREAT ASTROPHYSICIST STEVEN HAWKING. THOSE WHO HAVE HAD THE HEART TO COMMAND DEATH IN ORDER TO ENHANCE THEIR LIFE, HAVE IT WRONG. BECAUSE ROE V. WADE IS LEGAL DOES NOT MAKE IT RIGHT. "THE JOY OF LIVING IS HIS WHO HAS THE HEART TO COMMAND IT."