The idea of a moral or legal system built on neutral values comes from the view of the universe as meaningless and pointless. But such neutral systems, seeking justice apart from God, always create gods in their own image.
Among the many lawsuits filed by the late atheist Madeline Murray O'Hare was one against NASA for blocking the reading of Genesis while the Apollo 8 mission was circling the earth.
She cites a violation of the First Amendment, arguing that reading promotes religion. The US Supreme Court, with little insight at the time, said they had no jurisdiction.
In this article, the atheist Mary Doe also claims that the First Amendment has been violated. She was required by law to see an active ultrasound of her baby and read a line saying that abortion ends "the life of a separate, unique, living human being." She declined to hear her baby's heartbeat and said she felt guilty and ashamed of the process.
Francis Schaefer writes, “…Christians know that [besides psychological guilt] there is real guilt, moral guilt before a holy God… You can tell [someone] a million times that there is no real guilt, but [they still know] there is. "
Laws made only in our own image will try in vain to protect us from our true guilt. The idea that justice can be achieved through some neutral facts and "individual will" is a myth. There are no neutral facts. Justice for newborns rests on God's justice.



