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March for Life
Results in a Massive Pro-Life Display!
Although
most news coverage on the March for Life held in
Washington, D.C. in protest of legalized abortion was
minimal, the pro-life supporters absolutely swamped the
area. President Bush delivered a telephone speech from
Missouri to the pro-life marchers. Here is the text of
the speech:
THE PRESIDENT: Well, thank you, Nellie
[Gray, President of March for Life]. I want to thank you
very much for including me in the celebration of life. I
want to thank the good folks there on the Mall today. I'm
calling you from St. Louis, Missouri.
I
know there are some from Missouri there and, like many
others, you've made great sacrifices to come to
Washington today. A lot of you have ridden buses all
night long and I know you're braving the cold. And I
admire your perseverance and I admire your devotion to
the cause of life.
You all are gathered today on the National Mall, which is
not far from the monument to Thomas Jefferson who, as you
all know, is author of our Declaration of Independence.
And the March for Life upholds the self-evident truth of
that Declaration -- that all are created equal, given the
unalienable rights of life, and liberty, and the pursuit
of happiness. And that principle of America needs
defenders in every place and every generation.
In our time, respect for the right to life calls us to
defend the sick and the dying, persons with disabilities
and birth defects, and all who are weak and vulnerable.
And this self-evident truth calls us to value and to
protect the lives of innocent children waiting to be
born.
You and I share a commitment to building a culture of
life in America, and we're making progress. As the
President, I have signed the Born Alive Infants
Protection Act, opposed the destruction of embryos for
stem cell research, and refused to spend taxpayer money
on international programs that promote abortion overseas.
(Applause.)
My administration is challenging the Oregon law that
permits physician-assisted suicide. (Applause.) We
support abstinence education, and crisis pregnancy
programs, and parental notification laws. We offer
compassionate alternatives to abortion by promoting
adoption and extending state health care coverage for
unborn children.
My hope is that the United States Congress will pass a
bill this year banning partial-birth abortion, which I
will sign. (Applause.) Partial-birth abortion is an
abhorrent procedure that offends human dignity. I also
urge the Congress to ban all human cloning. We must not
create life to destroy life. Human beings are not
research material to be used in a cruel and
reckless experiment. (Applause.)
For
30 years, the March for Life has been sustained by
constant prayer and abiding hope, that one day, every
child will be born into a family that loves that child
and a nation that protects that child. And when that day
arrives, you will have the gratitude of millions --
especially those who know the gift of life because you
cared and you kept faith. May God bless you all and may
God continue to bless America.
MS. GRAY: Thank you, Mr. President.
*We think the baby
should choose whether to live
or die. Until science creates a way to
talk to
a fetus, let's wait until the baby can reason
(about three?), and then ask him if he wants to die.
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