Overturning Roe v. Wade May Revitalize the Family: Pro-Life Authors

After the Supreme Court reversed its ruling on Roe v. Wade and several states restricted abortion, author Alexandra DeSanctis said she hopes the ruling will lead to a restoration of the family.

DeSanctis, who co-wrote the book “Tearing Us Apart: How Abortion Harms Everything and Solves Nothing,” appeared with her co-author Ryan T. Anderson in a June 28 interview for EpochTV’s “Crossroads” program.

“I don’t think we can have a really pro-life culture—I don’t think we can end abortion in this country until we have a revitalization of marriage and the family. Marriage is the safest place for a child to be conceived,” DeSanctis said.

“When children are aborted, it’s almost always outside the context of marriage, because when you have a mother and a father committed to each other, they’re far more likely to commit to their children,” she said.

Abortion has not only torn apart the bodies of unborn children, but it has also torn apart the politics of our nation, said Anderson. “It’s pitted men against women, it’s pitted parents against their children, it’s pitted employers against their employees.”

Pro-life leader Norvilia Etienne at the Supreme Court in Washington on June 24, 2022. (Emel Akan/The Epoch Times)

After the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade—the seminal 1973 legal precedent that largely legalized abortion in the United States—many corporations announced they would be willing to pay for their employees to travel and obtain out-of-state abortions because they want their employees to get back in the workforce, Anderson said.

He asked rhetorically if companies would be willing to pay for their female employees who choose to give birth.

In contrast, a Texas-based insurance company promised to cover employees’ expenses related to having a child.

Buffer Insurance said in a Facebook post on June 27 that it would provide its employees with paid maternity

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