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Following alumnae Katie (Wynne �80) Short and Michelle (Grimm �81) Loughman, alumnus writer Jonathan Culbreath (�17) has offered some words of his own on the long hoped-for, possible overturn of Roe v. Wade.

, Mr. Culbreath contends that eradicating abortion in the United States will take much more than a Supreme Court decision. �Although the overturning of Roe vs. Wade would undoubtedly count as a victory for the pro-life movement,� he argues, �the fight for the unborn still has a long way to go before any final victory can be declared.�

An assistant editor at (along with Pater Edmund Waldstein �06), Mr. Culbreath regularly analyzes modern society in light of Catholic social teaching. In , he considers the possible economic repercussions of overturning Roe, and how pro-lifers may need to account for them. �It is crucial to recognize what an integral role abortion plays in upholding the present economic system,� explains Mr. Culbreath. �For the sake of protecting unborn lives, a radical transformation of the prevailing economic system is in order.�

If his diagnosis is provocative, Mr. Culbreath grounds it on the gravity of the sin of abortion: �It�s a good time for pro-life advocates, and Catholics especially, to consider just how extensive are the transformations that must occur going forward in order to really secure protection for unborn life.�