Victories For Pro-Life Groups In Court And At The State Level

Watch this CBS report to see for yourself these great gains for the pro-life movement against abortion in State legislatures and even from a court: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKtwj6gayws. I don't much care for the choice of headlines chosen by CBS for this youtube video. How about victories for "pro-life groups" or even "anti-abortion groups" instead? That being said, the video above is about how a federal judge allowed Indiana to become the first state to cut off public funding to Planned Parenthood - the latest success in an unprecedented string of victories for so-called "anti-abortion rights" groups.

The "National Right to Life applauds U.S. District Judge Tanya Walton Pratt’s decision to deny a request by Planned Parenthood of Indiana for a temporary restraining order against a new Indiana law that denies state-directed funding for businesses and organizations performing abortions in the state. Judge Pratt’s order allows the funding cuts passed by the Indiana legislature and signed by Governor Mitch Daniels earlier this month to immediately take effect" (See http://www.nationalrighttolifenews.org/news/2011/05/federal-judge-denies-planned-parenthoods-request-for-restraining-order-against-new-indiana-law/).

These advances are good news, and as the pro-abortion activist says in the CBS news report, "elections matter." This includes the State level as well where clearly important pro-life legislation can be passed. It's good to see 2010's election results have had an impact on State legislation on the issue. But Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey still need to be overturned. A Supreme Court (or at least 5 members) that adheres to Constitutional sanity is what is truly needed to overturn those terrible decisions and restore to the States their proper Constitutional role in deciding the proper regulation or legal restrictions of the clearly non-federal issue of abortion.