Legal Doesn't Always Mean "Right"

Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857), was a decision by the United States Supreme Court that ruled that people of African descent imported into the United States and held as slaves, or their descendants—whether or not they were slaves—were not protected by the Constitution and could never be citizens of the United States. It also held that the United States Congress had no authority to prohibit slavery in federal territories. The Court also ruled that because slaves were not citizens, they could not sue in court. Lastly, the Court ruled that slaves—as chattel or private property—could not be taken away from their owners without due process. The Supreme Court's decision was written by Chief Justice Roger B. Taney.

Can we agree that this decison by the United States Supreme Court was wrong? Those who opposed slavery and helped slaves escape to freedom were called abolitionists. They broke the law of the day as dictated by the Supreme Court because they took direct, forceful action to help slaves. Today they are hailed as heroes

The Nazis killed 6,000,000 Jews during the Holocaust. It was legal in Gernany. Can we agree that it was wrong? Jews were saved by the brave actions of sympathetic people who risked their lives protecting them. Today they are hailed as heroes.

I see the plight of the unborn in the same light. And I believe that whatever action has to be taken to save the unborn from slaughter should be taken.