Once upon a time, in a not so far away land, a woman known as "Jane Roe" brought a law suite to the Supreme Court that would forever change the dynamics of America.  Roe V. Wade challenged the constitutionality of the abortion laws in the state of Texas. This challenge to Texas law would later go on to impact every state in the United States.  Abortion, once confined wholly to cases which threatened the life of the mother, would now be available to every woman, regardless of circumstance.  And so began this nations rapid descent down that all too slippery slope.  And at the bottom of that slope we find ourselves, thirty years later with countless children robbed of their right to draw that first breath.  The voice of "Choice" shouting ever insistently over the voice of "Life".  And this battle is still as heated as it was all those years ago.  

Recently,  the Catholic University Notre Dame invited President Barack Obama to speak to the 2009 graduating class.  Obama's commitment to the preservation of abortion in America puts him at direct odds with the Catholic church's beliefs, and yet, he was given a prominent platform to down play his commitment to abortion rights.  He spoke eloquently of that mythical place in the middle, that "common ground" that has alluded both sides for so long. Obama explained that "when we open our hearts and our minds to those who may not think like we do or believe what we do - that's when we discover at least the possibility of common ground."  Mr. President, the issue  is quite literally one of life or death.  Where is there "common ground" to be found with those who refuse to acknowledge a child's most basic right- the right to exist.

The one thing that both sides can agree on is that Roe V. Wade has left it's mark on America. Ironically, the woman in the middle of the three year court battle chose not to abort the child that she was carrying. Norma McCorvey gave birth to a healthy baby girl who was subsequently placed for adoption. Norma McCorvey "chose" to give that baby girl life.  From all accounts, it is a decision that she has never regretted.