The Church’s Role Against Roe v Wade

An Ideology of Conservatism & Dominion

Two days ago, the United States Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade, which made abortion a constitutional right. Protests erupted across the US. And many foreign observers voiced their gratitude for being able to access abortions in their home countries.

For many, such a ruling is impossible to comprehend. People rightfully claim that it seems we are headed backward — infinitely regressing into a morality that is outdated and bigoted.

Why do fundamentalist Christians want to impose their morality on others?

There’s two main reasons: their conservative morality and their ideology of dominionism. I’ll address them both in turn.

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Christianity’s influence in politics in America fluctuates depending on religious involvement in the state.

At the beginning of the nineteenth century, America had a fiercely influential Evangelical community. Christians “dominated” all cultural institutions, public schools, and universities. In fact, Frances Fitzgerald explains in her book The Evangelicals: The Struggle to Shape America that, “In this period there was no real distinction between religion and politics.”