The 3 - November 8, 2020

On this week's edition of The 3, featuring three stories of relevance to the Christian community, there is election news, centered around an increase in pro-life women being elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.  Also, a blind Rhode Island women who had been banned from a public park for sharing her faith has been allowed to return.  Plus, four Alabama Supreme Court justices are calling for the U.S. Supreme Court abortion decisions Roe v. Wade and Casey v. Planned Parenthood to be overturned.

Pro-life gains in U.S. House

While votes continue to be counted across the country, it does appear that there have been significant gains on the pro-life front.  As I have pointed out, the life issue is a very important concern, and it appears that there have been at least a dozen pro-life women elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.

According to an article at LifeNews.com that was submitted by a representative of the National Right to Life Committee: "at least 13 new pro-life women are headed to the U.S. House, and one new pro-life woman will join the U.S. Senate," according to outlets that have called their races. LifeNews.com also reports that, as of Friday morning, "we are still waiting on final results in several races featuring pro-life women;" 8 races were mentioned.

In other pro-life election news, a constitutional amendment in Louisiana was passed by the voters; LifeNews.com reported:

The Love Life Amendment, or Amendment 1, would add the following language to the Louisiana Constitution: “To protect human life, nothing in this constitution shall be construed to protect a right to abortion or the tax payer funding of abortion.”

Blind woman banned from public park regains access

Gail Blair, a blind woman in Westerly, Rhode Island, had visited Wilcox Park in her city, and during her visits, she would take opportunities to share her faith. That is, until..., as First Liberty notes on its website, "Much to her surprise, the Memorial and Library Association, the organization that manages the public park and library, contacted the police and asked them to ban her from the grounds—under pain of arrest, should she trespass—for two years."

First Liberty states: "Public gathering spaces – like parks - have always been a place where diverse communities can come together to freely discuss and exchange ideas." After filing a discrimination complaint with a state commission, the legal organization recently reached a settlement with the Memorial and Library Association, resulting in Gail Blair being able to visit the park again.

Four AL Supreme Court justices call for Roe v. Wade to be overturned

I have reported on the case of a North Alabama man who sued an abortion clinic for damages because his girlfriend, with whom he fathered a child, had gone to the clinic, where the life of the child was terminated.  The Madison County Probate Judge had recognized that the young man, Ryan Magers, could represent the estate of the child.

The case went all the way to the Alabama Supreme Court, which unanimously ruled against Magers on a "procedural basis," according to Yellowhammer News. 

But the case gave one justice the opportunity to weigh in on Roe v. Wade; Justice Jay Mitchell stated in what the news outlet referred to as a "special concurrence", referring to the two abortion decisions, the original ruling, Roe v. Wade and Casey v. Planned Parenthood, which affirmed it: “The time has come for the United States Supreme Court to overrule Roe and Casey. I respectfully urge the Court to do so at the earliest opportunity. I also encourage other courts across the country to raise their judicial voices, as appropriate, by pointing out the constitutional infirmities of Roe and Casey and asking the Court to overrule those highly regrettable decisions.”  Three other justices, including the Chief Justice, added their agreement.