This is the Daily Article podcast for Friday, July 1st, 2022.

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Today's article is written by Dr. Jim Denison and narrated by Chris Elkins of the Denison Forum.

Salvatore J. Cordillian, the Archbishop of San Francisco, described Dobbs versus Jackson Women's Health Organization this way.

On Friday, the Supreme Court reversed a half century of discrimination against the weakest and most vulnerable among us.

We are now free at last to work for a culture of life and love for every human being.

By contrast, U.S. President Joe Biden condemned the outrageous behavior of the court and supported

ending the Senate filibuster to codify Roe v. Wade. It has been a week since the most consequential ruling in nearly 50

years on one of the most consequential issues in American history. I am praying for the day when

Americans look back on legalized elective abortion in the same way we now look back on legalized slavery, considering each to be

unthinkable and immoral. In the meantime, the Archbishop is right. We must continue to work for a

culture of life and love for every human being. To that end, I want to devote today's daily

article to the most frequent

question I have been asked by radio interviewers and others since Dobbs was handed down.

Are women less safe now? Pro-life supporters, like me, should obviously care as much for the

life of the mother as for the life of the child. Our pro-choice opponents

claim that overturning robe puts more women in danger. How should we respond to this common

assertion? First, we need to understand the role of the Supreme Court in American society.

Members of Congress, as representatives of the people who elected them,

make the laws of our nation. The courts are responsible for interpreting these laws and ensuring

that they align with the Constitution and existing jurisprudence. As a result, the Supreme Court

could not consider whether Dobbs would make women safer or less safe.

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