Silver lining appears for pro-lifers in court ruling
The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis overturned Aug. 7 a federal judge’s ruling that had blocked enforcement of four pro-life laws in Arkansas. In doing so, the three-judge panel based its decision on a concurring opinion by Chief Justice John Roberts in the high court’s June 29 ruling that struck down a Louisiana law designed to protect the lives and health of women by requiring hospital admitting privileges for doctors who perform abortions.
Southern Baptist ethicist Russell Moore said the Eighth Circuit’s decision “should encourage all of us to continue to advocate for the most vulnerable among us and to continue to minister to children in peril and women in crisis.”
“States should not be prevented by courts from protecting the lives and health of all persons, including preborn children and their mothers,” said Moore, president of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, in...