The victory of Barack Obama gives Trevin Wax unexpected hope for eventual victory in another civil rights struggle:
Just consider where our country was regarding race relations forty years ago. How many people fighting for civil rights in 1968 could have foreseen a day when an African-American could be elected president? We have seen a cultural shift (in the right direction) that is unprecedented – and all of this change has taken place within a single generation.
Who is to say that within the next forty years the tide of public opinion could not shift dramatically in favor of the pro-life movement?
Perhaps we will have to change strategies and no longer pin our hopes on overturning Roe vs. Wade. After all, overturning Roe vs. Wade would not end the abortion debate; it would merely return the issue to the states. We might win many state victories, and yet still not see abortion outlawed in the country.
No… the way forward for the pro-life cause is by continuing to work to change public opinion on this matter of justice for the oppressed.
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