The abortion issue won't go away, as so many politicians wish it would.

It persists because the discussion and debate are about our very existence. What is life?

The Supreme Court's decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization in 2022 overturned Roe v. Wade, which has defined the abortion landscape in the United States since 1973. That landscape defined a right to abortion protected by the U.S. Constitution.

Dobbs reversed this, concluding that the Constitution contains no such right, directing that the issue be "returned back to the people and their elected representatives." In the wake of this, each state has taken initiative to define their own abortion regime.

But can that really work?

It didn't work in the first great issue that tore apart our nation: slavery. Are all men equal in the eyes of God? If yes, then aren't all equal in the eyes of our government? Slavery accepted the inferiority of some. We ultimately fought and rejected the premise that equality of all in the eyes of our Creator could be different from state to........

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