I have been active in the pro-life movement for over 40 years. I never assumed or took for granted that Roe v. Wade would be overturned in my lifetime. When I heard the news last night about the leaked written opinion I wept--as a wave of emotion came over me. I also was afraid to be happy-- "Is this really true?" "Will this really happen?" After all, the leaked written opinion is not actually the final word. Yet, there it is almost like a dream. When I read the words of Justice Alito that Roe v. Wade "was egregiously wrong from the start" I immediately thought this decision "wrong from the start" caused the extermination of over sixty million human beings! The injustice of Roe v. Wade is staggering. America is responsible for the slaughter of a people-group. We have to face it. This is very personal for me as I am one of maybe fifty people in the world who has actially retrieved literally thousands of the broken bodies of aborted children from abortion center trash containers, photographed them, buried them. Abortion is not just a legal opinion, it is not just a political issue, it is not just a philosophy-- abortion is sixty million dead people.

We can rejoice of course that the era of the 'egregiously wrong' decision of 1973 is apparently over. However, there is much yet that needs to be done. We need to convert hearts and minds to create a culture that is truly inclusive of all human beings-- and that means honoring the lives of the unborn--to broaden out the boundaries of social justice. And we need to redouble our efforts to provide aid to mothers who are facing difficult pregnancy situations. The post-Roe world will be very complex with each state now "free" to pass their own laws. Those who honor the sanctity of life have enormous spiritual, social and political work yet to do as we battle those states where the unborn are still not free. -- Monica Migliorino Miller, Ph.D.