2023-06-27 20:32:00
June 27, 2023 / 1:32 p.m.
On the occasion of the first anniversary of the reversal of the Roe v. Wade, a group of pro-life leaders gathered hundreds of people on Saturday on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC to encourage them to continue the fight to achieve full legal protection for the unborn from the moment of conception in all 50 states. .
Kristan Hawkins, President of Students for Life of AmericaHe said that while he was pleased that 25 states have passed strong pro-life laws, we are still “living in a divided state” of the country, where “a person’s location determines whether they will survive the challenge of abortion like we did.”
Hawkins said that the country must become “an America where every human being is recognized as the unique person as they are, with the same rights and the same protection guaranteed under the 14th Amendment, not by the state in which their mother resides.” or if they are perceived to be convenient or by the circumstances of their conception”.
In statements to CNA -EWTN’s English agency-, he pointed out that pro-life leaders are uniting around the conviction that “every human being is a human person at the moment of conception” and that equal justice clauses of the 14th Amendment should apply equally to people in the womb.
In that sense, he indicated that pro-life leaders want to “see all presidential candidates join us in recognizing what is clearly written in the 14th Amendment: that all human beings are human persons and deserve the same protection of our laws.”
Lila Rose, president of the pro-life group Live Actiondescribed this amendment as “one of the most beautiful notes of our national anthem”, but regretted that it has not been possible to extend these protections “when it comes to unborn children.”
Rose noted that it is a “tragic contradiction” that while celebrating “advances in prenatal care and technology, we simultaneously deny the personality and rights of these very children. It is inconceivable that we would selectively deny these rights to one group of human beings solely based on their location: the womb.”
Also present at the demonstration was Mike Pence, the Republican presidential candidate who recently invited the other party candidates to support the fact that, at the national level, abortion can only be performed up to 15 weeks of gestation.
The also former vice president urged to defend babies “and their inalienable right to life”, and promised that with his family “they will never rest or give up until we restore the sanctity of life at the center of American law in all states of the country.
For her part, Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of SBA Pro-life Americacalled on the 2024 presidential candidates to get their act together.
Gallup polls show that most Americans would prefer to limit abortion to the first three months of pregnancy. “We have a consensus in this country,” said Dannenfelser, and indicated that this may be the beginning, and that the president who is elected works, “in justice and love,” for mothers and their babies.
Melissa Ohden, who survived a saline infusion abortion at 31 weeks gestation, took part in the rally along with her eldest daughter, Olivia, 15, and a banner that read: “Babies Survive Abortions. I am one of them.”
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“It was very personal that Roe was annulled,” he told CNA. On June 24, 2022, he expressed, “it is a day we can celebrate, but it has not been an opportunity to pause, catch our breath; It has been a time to continue working hard.”
In her work leading the Abortion Survivors Network, Ohden recounted that since the Supreme Court struck down Dobbs, she has heard from “more women than ever who have sought out contact with us after their chemical abortions failed.”
Hence, it is important to reach mothers who are vulnerable to chemical abortions, which make up the majority of abortions in the country, he noted.
In that sense, Ohden noted that since Dobbs the pro-life movement “has continued to be the side that provides resources and support, whether in the communities, or at the state level, promoting a federal policy that supports mothers, children and women.” families in a better way.
Translated and adapted by the ACI Prensa team. Originally posted on CNA.
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