Novena for the Legal Protection of Human Life - Day 2

Pray

May a change in the U.S. Supreme Court move our nation closer to the day when every human being is protected in law and welcomed in life.

Our Father..., Hail Mary..., Glory Be...
 

Fast

Offer a sacrifice for the intention. (Ideas for fasting.)
 

Learn

If Roe is overturned, the democratic process—not the courts—will determine abortion policy.

Before Roe, all states permitted abortion if necessary to save the mother's life, and some permitted abortion in additional circumstances.¹ But Roe deemed any prohibition on abortion as unconstitutional.

If Roe is overturned, policy decisions about abortion will be made by the citizens of each state through the democratic process, rather than by courts. Some states will place limits on abortion, in others there will likely be few limits.

Not until Roe v. Wade is reversed will the people again be able to govern themselves on the important public policy issue of abortion.