But unsurprisingly, this law forced several Texas abortion clinics to close because they failed to meet those basic medical standards. So guess what side the pro-abortion lobby was on? They fought a legal battle all the way to the highest court of the land instead of instituting reforms that would protect women's health. Ironically, Whole Woman's Health filed an appeal against a law designed to protect the health of those women who "chose" (or more often than not, are pressured and coerced) to have an abortion.
It really makes you wonder. If abortion is such a "safe" medical procedure, then why did so many clinics close because they literally were not safe? Why did so many clinics close that Planned Parenthood got worried and mobilized its abortion lobby? If anything, this case shows that the pro-aborts care far more about keeping as many clinics open as possible than they do about making sure that the women who go to such clinics can have access to emergency medical services. Planned Parenthood would rather risk the lives of women than lose money.
Since the decision came the first week of summer, I had the chance to go out in front of the Supreme Court with Students for Life and demonstrate our support for the H.B.2 law. We stood out in the rain (well it was really only drizzling for a couple of minutes) and chanted "Pro-woman, pro-life." That was our position. While in an ideal world, this would have been the case that overturned Roe v Wade, at the very least we could show that being pro-life means that we also protect women. These restrictions could have saved at least a few lives. And so we were there.
That weekend, I also had the opportunity to go back to the Supreme Court and pray for an hour or so with some of the youth from Students for Life who were staying the night. They knew the decision would come the next day, and so they wanted to secure an area for pro-life demonstrators.
Right on schedule, the US Supreme Court made its decision. Many people, myself included, were sure that it would be a 4-4 split with the bench divided after Scalia passed away, may he rest in peace. That would mean that H.B.2 would stand, clinics would close, and some lives would be saved.
But that wasn't the decision they came to. The Supreme Court ruled 5-3 that based on the "undue burden" the medical standards caused on women seeking access to abortions, the Texas law was unconstitutional.
I was disappointed. More than disappointed, I was angry, angry that the Supreme Court would side with the abortion lobby over the legitimate health concerns of women. To be completely honest, I was also angry that all of the time I committed to getting out to the Supreme Court had gone to waste.
But that was not the right attitude to have. First of all, I barely did anything compared to the people who stayed overnight in front of the Supreme Court to secure the space or who showed up every time there might have been a decision. I wasn't an organizer, I didn't spend long hours making sure everyone was where they needed to be.
And while a little disappointment is natural, in this pro-life struggle, we cannot allow ourselves to become discouraged. That's what the pro-aborts want. They want these small legal decisions to break our momentum. That's how they win. The pro-aborts are fighting a defensive war. Their victory happens when we give up.
We can lose these battles, but we only lose the war if we give up.
And so we must continue to fight. We show up to rallies, share our positive pro-life message on the streets and on social media, and keep on keeping on. There will be defeat, but there will also be victory. We must trust in the righteousness of our cause. Pro-lifers are defending babies. How much more honorable can our fight be? We are right. They are wrong. It's that simple.
We just have to keep on fighting until every life is protected from conception to natural death.
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