During this season in which we celebrate perhaps the most widely known “unexpected pregnancy,” we should seek to see the divinity in each woman and the baby she carries. Three economists recently estimated that some 32,000 otherwise abortion-slated babies were born since the Dobbs decision, which held the U.S. Constitution does not confer a right to abortion. While stating no policy position on abortion, the authors seem to suggest that ending the lives of babies improves the economic status of their mothers.
A federal judge granted a preliminary injunction on Thursday night halting the enforcement of Illinois's new law targeting crisis pregnancy centers, sparking further tension in one of the few states in the Midwest where abortion faces few restrictions.
The Supreme Court this fall could hear a case that would undo decades' worth of precedent that legal scholars on both sides of the aisle says is faulty.