(Real Clear Politics)
Can science undo the havoc that Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey wreaked on America? The country’s leading pro-life leaders believe so. “Unique From Day One: Pro-life Is Pro-science,” the theme for this year’s pro-life March for Life, focuses on the natural alliance between mother and child.
This year the March for Life will showcase experts on modern ultrasound and other tools of fetal monitoring and the benefit that these tools offer to expectant parents. These scientific and technical advances reveal the vitality of the developing child at the earliest stages in pregnancy. The galloping sound of a baby’s heartbeat first heard at seven weeks gestation is a great comfort to any new mother. And as each successive week passes, pregnant women are now able to track their baby’s – and their own – growth. Each revealed milestone adds to expectation. Similarly, the wonder of life’s first days is within our grasp. Groups like Contend Projects are working hard to spread awareness among youth – future mothers and fathers -- of the biological science of human embryology. They hope to educate more people on the science of when a human being begins to exist.
Science reveals the mother-child bond -- a bond which is decidedly not adversarial (at least not until the teen years). Our legal tradition, by contrast, currently considers a woman’s developing child as adverse to her liberty. This shouldn’t be surprising. Courts resolve cases and controversies between adversaries. One side wins, one side loses. But when it comes to abortion, the law – unlike science -- is getting farther and farther from catching up with the truth. Read more
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