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CV NEWS FEED // Today marks the one year anniversary of when those momentous words from the landmark Supreme Court ruling Dobbs v. Jackson were declared.
To commemorate the anniversary, we compiled a list of the best quotes from bishops, pro-life leaders, and judges celebrating the occasion throughout the first year of a post-Roe America.
The Constitution does not confer a right to abortion; Roe and Casey are overruled; and the authority to regulate abortion is returned to the people and their elected representatives.
Majority Opinion, Justice Samuel Alito
After today’s decision, the nine Members of this Court will no longer decide the basic legality of pre-viability abortion for all 330 million Americans. That issue will be resolved by the people and their representatives in the democratic process in the States or Congress.
Justice Brett Kavanaugh
Together, more than 2 million strong, the Knights of Columbus will continue to serve as a voice for the sanctity and dignity of every human life as we join the National March for Life in Washington, D.C.; march with thousands in our state capitals; donate ultrasound machines, food, coats and supplies to mothers and their babies; and pray until abortion becomes unthinkable.
Knights of Columbus Supreme Knight, Patrick Kelly
A year after Dobbs, nearly half the country has laws reflecting the will of the people…Life is winning across America and that’s worth celebrating.
Susan B. Anthony President, Marjorie Dannenfelser
…Roe v. Wade has been a cancer growing in our Constitution resulting in more than 63 million deaths. Today, the court has cut it out, and that’s a win. Now we get back to building up a healthy society, affirming life for women and their children, born and preborn.
Students for Life President, Kristan Hawkins
While we certainly have our work cut out for us, the strength of the pro-life movement has grown in the past year, and the March for Life will continue to work with courage, joy and peace until the day when abortion is unthinkable.
March for Life President, Jeanne Mancini
We are energized by this historic moment and resolve to work ever more diligently toward building a culture of life that respects the dignity of both mother and child.
CatholicVote President, Brian Burch
For nearly 50 years, Roe v. Wade has been a dark cloud over our country and has played a role in tens of millions of pre-born babies dying. In this life, we will never know the unrepeatable gifts they would have brought to our families, communities, and world.
But for those same 50 years, millions of Catholics have prayed unceasingly and worked tirelessly to promote a culture of life and for an end to the evil that is abortion. God only knows the number of rosaries and other prayers that have been offered up that the dignity of life might be recognized for every child, every mother, and every family….
Archbishop Samuel Aquila of Denver
I never thought that I would see this day in my lifetime, but I always believed this day would come, when Roe vs. Wade would no longer be the law of the land. The fact that this decision was released on the solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus is no coincidence….
Bishop James Conley of Lincoln
“The arc of history is long but it bends towards justice.” Never have the words of the Rev. Martin Luther King, the great prophet of human rights in the 20th century, rung more true. This historic Supreme Court decision would not have happened without fifty years of patient, loving, hard work by people of all faiths and none in diverse fields including social service, religion, law, medicine, culture, education, policy and politics….
Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone
