NASHVILLE — The first post-Roe Sanctity of Human Life Sunday arrives with gratitude to God and recognition of how much pro-life work remains and how much it has changed, leaders in the movement said.
On Jan. 22, many Southern Baptist churches will observe Sanctity of Human Life Sunday, the 38th annual observance on the SBC calendar. This time, the day will be celebrated without the shadow of a nationwide abortion regime established by the U.S. Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision on the same date 50 years ago.
The high court reversed the 1973 Roe v. Wade opinion, which resulted in the deaths of more than 60 million preborn children, in June of last year. By their ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the justices returned abortion regulation to the states. [Read more…]