It flourished once again in the Renaissance. It became synonymous with reason, rationalism, enlightenment, Darwinism and modernism. Without it, Blackmun could not have ruled for the destruction of millions of innocent children. He could not have denied them the basic right to life. There can be no moral absolutes if morality is a personal choice.
Nothing is sacred and nothing is of any value, only the debased gratification of the flesh.
Blackmun was not acting alone, nor was he some loose cannon on the ship of state. The checks and balances that had been instituted between Congress and the Supreme Court had been undermined. Law and morality were no longer decisions that the American people could make as a nation. To understand Harold Blackmun is to realize that he was but a pawn in the age-old struggle between Light and darkness. If he had not made the decision to legalize abortion in the United States, someone else would have.