‘We Will Never Tire of Defending Innocent Life’: President Trump Makes Roe Anniversary ‘Sanctity of Life Day’
“I ask every citizen of this great Nation to listen to the sound of silence caused by a generation lost to us, and then to raise their voices for all affected by abortion, both seen and unseen.” -President Donald J Trump
Paul Smeaton : Jan 22, 2020 LifeSiteNews.com
(Washington, DC) — [LifeSiteNews.com] US President Donald J. Trump has declared January 22, the anniversary of the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision imposing abortion on demand across the country, to be “National Sanctity of Human Life Day.” (Image: AP-Evan Vucci)
In a proclamation issued yesterday, Trump declared that “every person—the born and unborn, the poor, the downcast, the disabled, the infirm, and the elderly—has inherent value” and said that the U.S. “proudly and strongly reaffirms our commitment to protect the precious gift of life at every stage, from conception to natural death.”
He touted his administration’s pro-life achievements at home and abroad.
The proclamation referenced his administration’s efforts to build “an international coalition to dispel the concept of abortion as a fundamental human right” and said that his administration would “oppose any projects that attempt to assert a global right to taxpayer funded abortion on demand, up to the moment of delivery.”
“We will never tire of defending innocent life—at home or abroad,” he promised.
[Read the President’s Proclamation in full by clicking here]
The proclamation referenced the recent decline in the number and rate of abortions in America.
“Americans should celebrate this decline in the number and rate of abortions, which represents lives saved,” said Trump..
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