BREAKING NEWS – Supreme Court Compromises On Abortion

I bet that headline got your attention! 

No, the conservative justices haven't backed down from Samuel Alito's draft opinion. (Not yet at least.) A Washington Post story over the weekend confirms that the conservative majority needed to "overturn Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey remains intact." 

What I'm suggesting is that the Alito draft itself, which is causing all the overheated rhetoric, is in fact a compromise – exactly what the American people say they want from our leaders on a host of issues.

What isn't a compromise is the one-size-fits-all approach dictated by Roe v. Wade, and the left is constantly demanding more. Joe Biden wants you to subsidize abortions with your hard-earned tax dollars. He's also trying to force Christian doctors and hospitals to perform abortions.

The pro-life side, including me, wants preborn babies to be declared fully human under the Constitution and to be protected under the law.

What the Supreme Court's draft opinion does is something in between. While it declares that Roe v. Wade is bad law and must go, it does not go as far as to recognize a pro-life position in the Constitution under the 14th Amendment. 

Instead, the majority adopted a federalist position that allows each state, through their voters and elected representatives, to make its own decision. Far from being an "assault on democracy," it encourages more debate and discussion on the issue of abortion.

It's quite likely that at least five justices share the pro-life view that life begins at conception. But, in spite of the claims of the left, they did not try to force their views on the entire country.