Columbus, Ohio — “The unborn are the poorest of the poor,” Jeanne Mancini emphasized in front of the statehouse here, echoing “Vote for the Voiceless” placards that could be seen in the crowd gathered. Mancini is the president of the March for Life. (She was echoing the late Mother Teresa, who was known to offer to raise children rather than see them aborted.) For a half-century the March for Life has been a frigid annual event in January in Washington., D.C., marking the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision that ruled abortion legal in all three trimesters of pregnancy throughout the country.
Abortion is still a national issue, inasmuch as it’s a human-rights issue and just about as contentious as things get. But after Roe, there are also now 50 states of debate. And with a proposed abortion amendment on the ballot this November here, the sense of urgency among pro-lifers is palpable. Ohio does not want to be Michigan. After Roe fell and a combination of fear and national abortion advocacy ensued, funding flooded into Michigan, which became competition for states such as New York, known as the abortion capital of the country. Will the Buckeye State join that crowd?
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