While pro-abortion protests are getting ready to cause disruption in New York City, the Catholic bishops of the state are celebrating the hard-won overturning of Roe v. Wade.
“We give thanks to God for today’s decision of the United States Supreme Court in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization,” the bishops wrote in a statement.
Roe v. Wade is the seminal 1973 precedent that struck down a swath of federal and state laws restricting abortion and largely legalized the procedure nationwide.
“This just decision will save countless innocent children simply waiting to be born.”
“On this historic day, our gratitude extends to the millions of heroic Americans who have worked tirelessly toward this outcome for nearly a half-century. Women and men, children and adults, believers and non-believers, people of every culture and background have advocated for life. They have been a charitable and compelling voice for the voiceless, and today, their voice has been heard,” the statement reads….