Judge Alito confirmed to the U.S. Supreme Court

Today, Right to Life Michigan thanked all the prolife citizens who voiced their support for Judge Alito during his confirmation process, stating,

Even though pro-abortion groups vigorously protested this nomination and called for a filibuster, Judge Alito will soon be sworn into his position on the U.S. Supreme Court and take Justice Sandra Day O’Connor’s place on the court. Judge Alito’s fifteen years of service on the Third Circuit Court of Appeals shows that he understands that judges aren’t supposed to write new laws but to strictly interpret the Constitution.

When Justice Sandra Day O’Connor announced that she was retiring from the Supreme Court, pro-abortion organizations quickly attempted to resurrect a myth regarding the position of Roe v. Wade, one of the two U.S. Supreme Court decisions which legalized abortion in the United States through all nine months of pregnancy. The myth is that the justices in favor of Roe v. Wade hold a “razor-thin 5-4 majority,” meaning that if one judge who would overturn the Roe v. Wade replaces a judge in favor of Roe (such as Justice O’Connor) then 5 justices would be in favor of overturning Roe v. Wade. Unfortunately, this is simply not true.

With the death of Chief Justice William Rehnquist, only two of the Supreme Court’s current members (Clarence Thomas and Antonin Scalia) are on record as favoring the overturning of Roe. If Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Samuel Alito favor overturning Roe, then there will still be only 4 justices who hold that position, not the necessary majority of 5. Our prolife activities must continue.

Source: Right to Life Michigan