Pro-lifers: Do you know what's at stake this election?

LifeNews.com's Steven Ertelt warns in an August 10 editorial that the winner of this November's presidential election will likely affect federal abortion policy for the next thirty years.  The current Supreme Court is stacked roughly 6-3 against overturning Roe v. Wade.  Given the probable retirements of justices O'Connor, Stevens, Ginsburg and Rehnquist in the near future, the next president may have the opportunity to either further entrench Roe (7-2 against overturning, same as in 1973) or give the first real hope of ridding our land of this unconstitutional travesty (6-3 in favor of overturning, unless one or more on the conservative side are overcome by stare decisis, or the Dems are allowed to continue their judicial confirmation obstructionism).

 

Ertelt ends with a warning to fellow pro-lifers who are considering voting third-party or staying home altogether (emphasis added):

Pro-life voters need to keep in mind this election year that if John Kerry is elected, Roe will almost assuredly be preserved and abortion will probably remain legal for decades. That means every vote for Kerry and every vote not cast for President Bush (i.e., for a third-party candidate or by citizens who abstain from voting) is a vote to keep abortion legal for as many as thirty years.

 

If we truly want to see Roe thrown in the trash heap of history right next to the Dred Scott decision, we can't let that happen.

 

It is up to you to elect a pro-life president this November. It is up to you to re-elect President Bush. Women and unborn children are counting on you.

President Bush has many faults, and I will continue to speak out whenever I feel it appropriate, but he has my vote this November.  Those who embrace the culture of death know what's at stake.  Do you?