I was in high school in 1973 when the Supreme Court legalized abortion for the entire country. Almost 50 years later, I still remembering looking at the headline in the newspaper in disbelief. How could we legalize the murder of babies? I sat down and cried.
I have gone through many political identities in the ensuing half century, from very liberal to ultra conservative to rejection of both. But one constant belief through it all has always been that abortion is evil.
Now that it is almost certain that Roe v. Wade is about to be overturned, I should be thrilled. It is something I have wanted since 1973.
But being a lot older and a little wiser, I now realize that the pro life movement has always been wrong. No, it has not been wrong that abortion is evil. The pro life movement was wrong in their approach to abortion. They have not just labeled abortion as evil. They have vilified the people who support abortion, calling them evil and even satanic. As a movement, they have never shown compassion or understanding for those who support abortion.
