The U.S. is in a panic over abortion.

On May 22, came the leak about a ruling to overturn Roe, with the ruling handed down June 24.

Ever since, churches, crisis pregnancy centers and other organizations have been vandalized, Supreme Court justices have been called “tyrants,” and had their lives threatened.

Of course, none of it is justifiable, but

I do find it somewhat understandable. And I sympathize with those who are angry, disillusioned and afraid of what the future holds.

Some might ask, “How so?”

Karl Marx and his contemporaries began promoting the idea that the world would only be fair if women could behave like men. Therefore, women would have to be able to have sex without consequence — like men could. And the only way to achieve that would be to develop reliable contraception.

And so, the project was underway. In 1912, Margaret Sanger (founder of Planned Parenthood) dreamed of a “magic pill” for women. By mid-1950s, the pill was developed. The Supreme Court even got in on the act, and in 1965, in Griswold v. Connecticut, they declared a “right to marital privacy,” legalizing contraception.

Naturally, after widespread adoption of contraception, society’s outlook on pregnancy evolved in a profound way. How could it not? Before contraception was commonplace, a pregnancy resulting from sex was not a surprise. Even if pregnancy wasn’t sought, it was generally welcomed. But with wide cultural acceptance of contraception, an “unplanned” pregnancy began to be looked upon as an unfair burden. That’s a natural reaction, even if it is illogical.

Instead of accepting such pregnancies, contracepting people figured that if they weren’t “trying” to get pregnant, but did, they weren’t responsible for it, and were justified in fixing the problem.

In 1967, Colorado became the first state to decriminalize abortion. In 1973, SCOTUS hands down Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton, legalizing abortion through the second trimester. In that ruling, it’s generally accepted by legal scholars, including pro-choice ones, the court invented a “right” to abortion.

But the average person knew nothing about the court’s error, nor appreciated the significance of it. Rather, in short order, society largely adopted the idea that abortion was legal, legitimate, and, according to some, a freedom to be celebrated, and exercised.

What ensued was a massive, coordinated PR campaign — consisting of media, universities, medical schools, and the courts — continually pushing the pro-abortion narrative, including: it’s just a clump of tissue; this is reproductive freedom; my body, my choice.

And people bought the story.

To be sure, from the day that Roe was decided, a strong anti-abortion community has existed. But their presence has been ignored and marginalized.

Not only was society told that abortion was legitimate, in the 1992 case of Planned Parenthood v. Casey, SCOTUS reaffirmed that idea, even going further, claiming that free access to abortion-as-contraception was necessary. Justice Anthony Kennedy so notoriously stated, “At the heart of liberty is the right to define one’s own concept of existence, of meaning, of the universe, and of the mystery of human life.”

Kennedy goes on to argue, that to appreciate how indispensable legal abortion is, we should, “face the fact that for two decades of economic and social developments, people have organized intimate relationships, …in reliance on the availability of abortion in the event that contraception should fail.”

Three more decades have passed since that pep talk. And until just weeks ago, every woman of child-bearing age, knew only of a world in which elective abortion was legal.

It’s important to note that the law is a great teacher. And even bad laws teach, albeit poorly.

So, is it any wonder then, that, given the manufactured reality that the pro-abortion forces have generated, there has been major outrage since Roe was struck down?

I don’t think so. It’s understandable. And I’m sympathetic to those to whom this comes as a surprise.

All the while, though, during these 50 years, the facts have not changed. It’s as true now as it was then, the “right” to abortion was an invention. Abortion kills a growing human being.

If there’s anyone to blame for today’s outrage, it’s those who’ve been promoting lies for the past half-century.