Forty years after the Supreme Court decision on abortion, we are seeing many pro-
life victories. But the average citizen is often unaware of these victories because the
mainstream press rarely reports them. Most of the victories have been at the state level in the legislatures, but I also want to talk about a pro-life victory in the courts.

Let’s first consider what various state legislatures have been able to accomplish in
the pro-life arena. They have been able to ban third trimester abortions while also
requiring sonograms, clinic safety standards, waiting periods, and parental consent.
States leading the way have been Louisiana, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Arkansas, and
Arizona. According to Americans United for Life, there were 92 pro-life laws enacted in
2011 and additional 43 pro-life provisions enacted in 2012.

Earlier this month, there was also a great pro-life victory in the Alabama State
Supreme Court. The case involved women who put their unborn children at risk because
they used illegal drugs during pregnancy. One of the women smoked meth days before
her son was born prematurely. The child died minutes after birth of “acute
methamphetamine intoxication.”

They were charged under an Alabama law, which makes it a crime to chemically
endanger a child. The attorneys for the women argued that the chemical-endangerment
law did not apply to unborn children. The court disagreed and upheld the convictions.

Here is what the court said: “The decision of this Court today is in keeping with
the widespread legal recognition that unborn children are persons with rights that should
be protected by law. Today, the only major area in which unborn children are denied
legal protection is abortion, and that denial is only because of the dictates of Roe.”

I am excited about this pro-life victory in the Alabama State Supreme Court. I
hope and pray that it is an indication of others to come. I’m Kerby Anderson, and that’s
my point of view.