Drudge: Bush proclaims unborn children should be 'welcomed in life and protected in law'.

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National Sanctity of Human Life Day, 2002 by the President of the United States of America a Proclamation

This Nation was founded upon the belief that every human being is endowed by our Creator with certain "unalienable rights." Chief among them is the right to life itself. ... That value should apply to every American, including the elderly and the unprotected, the weak and the infirm, and even to the unwanted. ...Consistent with the core principles about which Thomas Jefferson wrote, and to which the Founders subscribed, we should peacefully commit ourselves to seeking a society that values life -- from its very beginnings to its natural end. Unborn children should be welcomed in life and protected in law. ... Now we are engaged in a fight against evil and tyranny to preserve and protect life. In so doing, we are standing again for those core principles upon which our Nation was founded. ... NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim Sunday, January 20, 2002, as National sactity of Human Life Day. I call upon all Americans to reflect upon the sanctity of human life. Let us recognize the day with appropriate ceremonies in our homes and places of worship, rededicate ourselves to compassionate service on behalf of the weak and defenseless, and reaffirm our commitment to respect the life and dignity of every human being.

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National Sanctity of Human Life Day, 2002 by the President of the United States of America a Proclamation

For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
January 18, 2002

National Sanctity of Human Life Day, 2002 by the President of the United States of America a Proclamation

This Nation was founded upon the belief that every human being is endowed by our Creator with certain "unalienable rights."  Chief among them is the right to life itself.  The Signers of the Declaration of Independence pledged their own lives, fortunes, and honor to guarantee inalienable rights for all of the new country's citizens.  These visionaries recognized that an essential human dignity attached to all persons by virtue of their very existence and not just to the strong, the independent, or the healthy.  That value should apply to every American, including the elderly and the unprotected, the weak and the infirm, and even to the unwanted.

Thomas Jefferson wrote that, "[t]he care of human life and happiness and not their destruction is the first and only legitimate object of good government."  President Jefferson was right.  Life is an inalienable right, understood as given to each of us by our Creator.

President Jefferson's timeless principle obligates us to pursue a civil society that will democratically embrace its essential moral duties, including defending the elderly, strengthening the weak, protecting the defenseless, feeding the hungry, and caring for children -- born and unborn.  Mindful of these and other obligations, we should join together in pursuit of a more compassionate society, rejecting the notion that some lives are less worthy of protection than others, whether because of age or illness, social circumstance or economic condition.  Consistent with the core principles about which Thomas Jefferson wrote, and to which the Founders subscribed, we should peacefully commit ourselves to seeking a society that values life -- from its very beginnings to its natural end. Unborn children should be welcomed in life and protected in law.

On September 11, we saw clearly that evil exists in this world, and that it does not value life.  The terrible events of that fateful day have given us, as a Nation, a greater understanding about the value and wonder of life.  Every innocent life taken that day was the most important person on earth to somebody; and every death extinguished a world.  Now we are engaged in a fight against evil and tyranny to preserve and protect life. In so doing, we are standing again for those core principles upon which our Nation was founded.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim Sunday, January 20, 2002, as National

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Sanctity of Human Life Day.  I call upon all Americans to reflect upon the sanctity of human life.  Let us recognize the day with appropriate ceremonies in our homes and places of worship, rededicate ourselves to compassionate service on behalf of the weak and defenseless, and reaffirm our commitment to respect the life and dignity of every human being.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this    eighteenth day of January, in the year of our Lord two thousand two, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and twenty-sixth.

GEORGE W. BUSH

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[TaRaRaBoomDeAyGoreLostToday!]

I wish to God the President would match his words with a stroke of the pen.

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"W loves babies" bump

[Salvation]

Pro-life bump.

[sinkspur]

I looked for the "Humor" designation and thought the source might be the "Onion."

Bush didn't issue this.

Or, maybe somebody did it when he wasn't looking.

I've been reading all day here that Bush is "pro-abort," that he doesn't care about pro-life issues, that he's indifferent to human life.

Did Reagan ever proclaim a "Sanctity of Human Life" day? I don't think he did.

[JD86]

hmmmm, you think he didn't sign the Proclamation ??

[AlGone2001]

I wish to God the President would match his words with a stroke of the pen.

Uh, where? He apparantly signed the above, and he can't arbitrarily create a new law.

[Freedom'sWorthIt]

This is good to read about from President Bush. I would wonder what members of Congress would support this proclamation. I would further wonder, is there going to be a partial birth abortion ban measure passed in Congress this year? Such measures were routinely passed during the Clinton years only to be vetoed by Clinton, I thought. This past year was an exception with everything that was going on. However, I believe, the American people - who know what "partial birth abortion" is - overwhelmingly support a ban on it. But will the Congress have the courage to pass such a measure in this election year? They should - and they must - and hopefully, President Bush will sign it - this year. Deeds must match words. Thank God for the President's words. Let's see if Congress - the Republican majority led Congress (which I support) can match the words also with this deed - this year.

[isom35]

I dont suppose he wants to apply this to China right?

[JD86]

And by what authority would he apply it to a foreign sovereign nation?

[PhiKapMom]

The Pres Bush is not a pro-life person has been going for two days now! Do I think this will change their minds? Not a chance.

Would like to know how many of those pro-life folks actually did vote for Pres Bush or stayed home because he wasn't pro-life as much as they liked! Same crowd that stated that he was going to pick a pro-choice VP and when he picked pro-life, they had other things they didn't like about Cheney! Convinced there are certain people that you cannot please, and they would rather gripe than be constructive! (My mini rant!)

[section9]

Methinks that when we get the Senate back in our hands, we might be able to get a partial-birth abortion ban enacted into law and signed by GW.

Be Seeing You,

Chris

[firewalk]

Thanks for posting this

[IM2Phat4U]

Ask the folks at Planned Parenthood (the nation's #1 killer of unborn children) whether they would rather have the over $100 million in tax dollars that the GOP House and President Bush gave them this year or a day honoring Abortion. I think they would take the over $100 million.

It is not the GOP House's failure to pass legislation that bothers me. It is the legislation passed by the GOP House and signed by Bush that really bothers me. And the GOP does not even need a majority in the Senate to kill these welfare programs for the Culture of Death.

[toenail]

Already posted here.

[Askel5]

... That value should apply to every American, including the elderly and the unprotected, the weak and the infirm, and even to the unwanted

UNWANTED? What is he talking about here? Are these the lives that weren't procured and paid for and implanted by their "Purchasers/Parents"? Are these the leftovers at the fertility clinic or the private corporation that kills the government's embryos so it may keep its hands Clean for counting out the cash to fund embryonic research?

Are these the "Excess" lives he mentioned in his first televised address to the nation a fortnight before 9/11?

"Fit only for the trashcan" otherwise, would these be the already been killed "Excess" lives that he felt were appropriate for use in his federally-funded Embryonic Stem Cell Research Program?

(Which program not only nails open the door of "unimplanted" Non-Personhood but will perpetuate this grisly use of human flesh from those lives unable to say whether or not they wish to sacrifice themselves for the Greater Good?)

There are only two ways about it: Bush is either too dimwitted to understand these words (and the Scripture he hauled out in prime time to ring the chimes of the Faithful) fly in the face of HIS ACTIONS or he is a Clintonesque liar of the First Order.

[M. Thatcher]

I've been reading all day here that Bush is "pro-abort," that he doesn't care about pro-life issues

Such posts have no credibility and aren't worth the electrons to refute.

I've observed over time that the twits who post such anti-Bush claims have no life themselves, being classic bitter antisocial losers, and therefore don't recognize a pro-life president when they have one.

[desertcry]

I agree with you, abortion is one of the worst crime in any civilized society, but how can W outlaw abortion. The Supreme Court of the USA has legalize it. It is Congress's job to institute new laws to criminalize abortion, the President can not make laws. The only solution to this, is to kick all the liberal congresspersons, and senators out of office.