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  • Title: Roe v. Wade. Earth's inhabitants.
    Author: Gudorf CE.
    Journal: Conscience; 1998; 18(4):25. PubMed ID: 12178881.
    Abstract:
    The Roe vs. Wade decision has increased women's ability to take responsibility for their lives and for the lives of their living children. The removal of legal sanctions governing abortion also has forced Roman Catholics to confront the issue. By giving parents a choice, Roe vs. Wade also gave parents a chance to change their feelings of dismay over an accidental pregnancy into ones of joy and anticipation over a birth that they may actively decide is wanted although unplanned. Contraception will likely never be completely effective and must play an increasingly important role on our overcrowded planet. Rather than fearing that contraception and abortion will reduce the birth rate, we should urgently desire smaller family sizes. However, we must look for replacements to the experience of parenthood in order to inculcate in people a concern for the future. Efforts to develop safer and more effective means of contraception must continue, and coerced abortion must be resisted. It is possible, however, that coerced contraception or sterilization may become necessary. If that proves to be the case, women must be involved in the development and implementation of such policy in every locale.
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