The High Cost of Roe at 35

It's been 35 years since Roe v. Wade and more than 50 million abortions have been the result. Have we, as a country, had to pay a price for this atrocity? Cal Thomas, in his most recent column, writes about the high price we've paid, are paying and will continue to pay as long as abortions continue to take place.

Thirty-five years after the Supreme Court unilaterally struck down state laws restricting abortion, the cost of that decision continues to increase our moral deficit, which will have far greater (and eternal) consequences than the impact from economic challenges during a possible recession.

Depending on how one counts the number of abortions per year since 1973, more than 50 million people who might have been are not. These were people who, regardless of the circumstances of the women who carried them, had the potential to contribute to the country and to the world. But now they cannot, because they are not. Would we be fighting the battle over immigration had we not rid ourselves of a generation of humans who likely would have done the work for which we are now importing illegal aliens? Actions have consequences.

Abortion is easier dealt with if we just don't think about it, right? Maybe that's what we do all too often. It's good to see the abortion numbers coming down, but it's still not a rare thing if close to a million helpless lives are being destroyed each year.

As Thomas points out, we're already paying a price for this egregious national sin, but it's the cause and effect price that naturally occurs when immutable laws of nature are broken. The punishment phase may be yet to come.