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In our frenzied, always-on media culture, I find that it’s often the case that good news in the cause for life is lost amidst the noise. So I want to share some weekend reading material from Justice Clarence Thomas in the recently-decided U.S. Supreme Court case Box v. Planned Parenthood. While this case was largely a victory for the pro-life movement, the Court declined to decide whether abortion on the basis of discrimination based on race, sex, or disability is legitimate.
Justice Thomas writes in clear and stark terms:
“Enshrining a constitutional right to an abortion based solely on race, sex, or disability of an unborn child, as Planned Parenthood advocates, would constitutionalize the vies of the 20th-century eugenics movement. In other contexts, the [U.S. Supreme] Court has been zealous in vindicating the rights of people even potentially subjected to race, sex, and disability discrimination. … Although the Court declines to wade into these issues today, we cannot avoid them forever. Having created the constitutional right to an abortion, this Court is dutybound to address its scope. In that regard, it is easy to understand why the District Court and the Seventh Circuit looked to Casey to resolve a question it did not address. Where else could they turn? The Constitution itself is silent on abortion.”
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