Before 1973, almost every state outlawed abortion on demand, allowing only for cases in which a mother’s life were endangered or a woman were violated through rape or incest.   On January 22, 1973, however, the Burger Court, in a mind-boggling assertion of “raw judicial power,” overthrew the laws of 46 states to create a new “right” to convenience abortions.  It was perhaps the worst decision ever made by any U.S. Supreme Court, both on constitutional and also on ethical grounds, and has led to the unjust slaughter of over 50 million human beings.  No Christian theologian or ethicist, for nineteen hundred years before Roe v. Wade,  had ever condoned convenience abortions; and none should today.