Reflections on the Death of Sarah Weddington

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🗓️ 13 January 2022

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

Hank Hanegraaff, president of the Christian Research Institute and host of the Bible Answer Man broadcast, reflects on the tragic legacy of Sarah Weddington, the lawyer who argued the infamous abortion rights case Roe v. Wade before the United States Supreme Court in 1973—essentially legalizing abortion in the United States. Raised as a minister’s daughter, Weddington passionately advanced abortion in America. The ends justifying the means, abortion leaders at the time encouraged the telling of the fabricated story of the rape of Norma McCorvey—a.k.a. Jane Roe. This kind of deception is often justified by a “larger truth”—and that larger truth, from the standpoint of Weddington, is that the painful killing of innocent human beings is a human right. The legalization of abortion has caused the deaths of untold numbers of unborn babies.

For further study, see Frederica Mathewes-Green, Real Choices: Listening to Women, Looking for Alternatives to Abortion https://amzn.to/3HOnb9M

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0:00.0	Hi, this is Hank Hanograph, president of the Christian Research Institute and host of the Bible Answerman broadcast with another Hank Unplug Short.
0:23.5	I'm reading an article on the death of Sarah Weddington, who is lauded for successfully arguing
0:33.7	the landmark abortion rights case, Roe v. Wade, arguing that case before the U.S. Supreme Court.
0:45.5	Sarah was raised as a minister's daughter, and in the case of Jane Roe, she argued against Dallas County District Attorney Henry Wade, to wit Roe v. Wade.
1:02.8	This case eventually advanced to the Supreme Court and resulted in a seven to two ruling
1:09.9	that legalized abortion throughout our country.
1:16.2	Sarah has been continuously active.
1:20.3	She attended the 2019 signing ceremony for a New York state law
1:26.9	meant to safeguard abortion rights should
1:30.5	Roe v. Wade now be overturned.
1:34.5	So she was passionate.
1:36.8	It was her goal to advance abortion in America.
1:42.7	And I think one of the the horrors of her legacy is the fabricated story of rape.
1:52.9	Of course, the rape of Norma McCorvey, aka Jane Roe, which was strongly encouraged by the pro-abortion leaders at that time,
2:09.2	including Sarah Weddington.
2:13.9	And of course, this kind of deception is frequently encouraged or justified by a larger truth.
2:23.8	You twist the truth in service of a larger truth.
2:31.0	And that larger truth from the standpoint of Sarah Weddington was that the painful killing of innocent human beings was a right.
2:42.5	And it was practical.
2:45.3	It ought to be done.
2:48.1	And as a result, of course, the legalization of abortion has resulted in untold numbers of deaths.
3:02.5	Sometimes I like to cite the statistics, but I'll withhold them because I think sometimes the statistics
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