Introduction
Under Virgil Dechant’s leadership, the Knights of Columbus, that is, the local rank and file of the Knights, continued to raise millions of dollars in charitable funds for worthwhile projects at home and aboard including refugee relief programs especially in the Middle East; assistance to victims of natural disasters in the U.S. and abroad; the restoration of St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome and other Vatican antiquities; support for prolife emergency pregnancy services; and financially assistance to special needs groups.
Abortion can be a sensitive topic within politics, healthcare, and from person to person. On January 22, 1973, the Supreme Court passed a ruling called Roe V. Wade which made abortion in the United States legal. However, the act did not necessarily protect the accessibility to the procedure, but just the right to have one. .