From The Desk of Thomas McKenna: The State of Abortion in America

Dear Friend, 

We’ve spoken in previous emails about the hard work that awaits us after the Supreme Court’s Hobbs decision which overturned Roe v. Wade. After taking a few weeks to analyze and reflect on this past election, it is abundantly clear from the results that abortion isn’t going anywhere anytime soon. 

We should not delude ourselves into thinking either 1/ that Hobbs ended abortion in this country or 2/ that the grassroots battle from here on out will be a cakewalk. We need a constant wakeup call: Hobbs sent the issue back to the states, and some states are so dominated by pro-abortion machines that they are vulnerable to the most extreme abortion measures, the kinds that even Roe v. Wade never envisioned. 

Case in point: In the past election, Montana, Kentucky, Michigan, California, and Vermont voters all went full demonic in backing aggressive measures of abortion “rights”. 

Whether it was enshrining abortion in the state’s constitution (MI, CA), or legitimizing it in state law (VT), or rejecting even the slightest restrictions on the killing of innocents in current laws (MT, KY), it’s clear that some state populations in our beloved country actually worship abortion.

I am not exaggerating. The Book of Wisdom spoke of this spiritual phenomenon more than two thousand years ago: 

It was the wicked who with hands and words invited death,

considered it a friend, and pined for it,

and made a covenant with it,

Because they deserve to be allied with it. (Wis 1:16)

Some states are actively making a covenant with death. It’s frightening and sad to see this happen to our nation, and it will have catastrophic consequences for our nation as time goes on. 

At the same time, we at Catholic Action are never ones to despair. We see fervent signs of hope for our nation that we should both be thankful for and support to the greatest extent possible.

For example, I received the following bit of information recently which put things into perspective for me about the state of abortion in America. While we lament the very existence of abortion, we must also recognize the progress that has been made: 

• Roe v. Wade has been overturned after almost fifty years.
• Thirteen states now have total or very comprehensive abortion bans.
• More abortion bans are coming to states.
• 10,000+ babies have already been saved.
• 88 abortion clinics have closed (that we know of).
  
• Every pro-life governor was re-elected.
• Nancy Pelosi has been fired.
  
• There are now more pro-life legislatures, and…More pro-life state courts.

And in another positive development, a recent study found that many singles claim to have changed their dating behavior (for the better) since the Hobbs ruling. Interesting.

So here we are: members of a divided nation, fighting the good fight. Despite the setbacks, we try to maintain an extremely hopeful perspective: our nation as a whole is not defined by the evil people who push abortion or the individual states that worship the devil’s sacrament. We know that. 

America remains a majority pro-life nation, and because of the baptismal promises we renew every Easter – to “reject Satan and all his works and all his empty promises” – we will never stop fighting to uproot the institution and reality of abortion from our midst.

Your friend in Christ,

Thomas McKenna

Founder and President

Catholic Action For Faith And Family
http://www.catholicaction.org/

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