“IT’S been a long time coming,” said Carol Anne Jones, as she stood in front of the Supreme Court dressed in funereal black, and waved a small placard: “Abortion’s a choice—to murder”. Every year since 1974, anti-abortionists have gathered in the capital to protest the court’s decision, made the previous year in Roe v Wade, to recognise a right to abortion nationwide. “This year I would like to see that mistake struck down,” said the 63-year old housewife from northern Virginia. “And I think it will happen”.
Many of those who joined the “March for Life” on January 27th expressed similar optimism that Donald Trump’s presidency would bring sweeping changes to abortion law. How close will the new administration come to fulfilling the hopes of the nuns, youth groups and middle aged parishioners who sang hymns and prayed as they walked, wrapped up against the cold, from the Washington Memorial to the Supreme Court?
Mr Trump, who declared himself in 1999 to be “very pro-choice”, made his new pro-life stance an important part of his campaign. He has repeatedly promised to appoint pro-life justices to the Supreme Court,...Continue reading
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