To the Editor:

Sean Myers defended Murray Armstrong’s contention that the Supreme Court is “out of control”. Mr. Myers stated;

“In 1973, the Supreme Court ruled that abortion access was a right enshrined in the Constitution, so a state’s law banning abortion was not “in accord with the Constitution.”

Nowhere in the Constitution is the term “Abortion access” specifically stated as a "right". The Roe vs. Wade decision was based on a tenuous interpretation of a violation of a citizen’s right to privacy based on Section One of the 14th amendment, not abortion itself. Ruth Ginsberg, an ardent liberal judge and feminist icon, did not think privacy was a viable reason for establishing abortion rights. Ginsberg believed the matter should have been framed as one of equal protection under the law rather than a case of privacy. She thought Roe vs. Wade decision was hastily made and would polarize the nation. She was correct.

The Court’s decision never established abortion as an unlimited civil right. It allowed government to regulate or restrict abortion access based on the stage of pregnancy. As it is, six states, and Washington, D.C., do not impose any term restrictions abortion, allowing a baby to be terminated in the ninth month of pregnancy.

Norma McCorvey, AKA “Jane Roe”, had lived a long troubled life of bad choices before the decision. She lied being ganged raped to justify having an abortion. She admitted after the decision was passed that she had an unplanned pregnancy instead. The Roe vs. Wade case was founded on a fabrication that should have resulted in the case thrown out prior to the vote. Ironically, Ms. McCorvey later became a Roman Catholic, a Pro-life advocate, and sought to have Roe vs. Wade overturned.

Mr. Myers wrote: “The Supreme Court is political, and it is now legislating for all right-wing causes, not just abortion.”

One can say the same concerning the infamous 1857 Dredd Scott decision, of whom 7 of the 9 judges were Democrats ruled that citizenship and constitutional rights did not extend to those of Black descent.

 Political liberal support of Roe vs. Wade resulted in Black women leading the nation with the greatest number of abortions, freezing the Black community at 13% of the US population for decades. Coincidence? I think not. Margret Sanger would have been pleased that Roe vs. Wade legalized her racist agenda to prevent the growth of minorities.

I’m not a legal expert. Only an ordinary citizen whose research discovered there is more to the issue than meets the eye.

Ron Shirtz
Rensselaer Falls