Bush Continues Prolife Efforts

Highlights of the President’s Accomplishments

In the two years since George W. Bush was sworn in as the 43rd President of the United States, prolife efforts on the national level have seen more success than the efforts of the previous eight years. Having someone in the Oval Office who is not only willing to sign prolife legislation but who has taken numerous opportunities to vocally share his prolife convictions has been a godsend for the unborn.

Some of President Bush’s prolife accomplishments include:

Two days after taking office, he stopped taxpayer money from being used by non-governmental organizations to promote or perform abortion in other nations. This policy, known as the Mexico City Policy, was first enacted by President Reagan in 1984 but dumped when Bill Clinton took office.

Instead of giving $34 million in funds to UNFPA, an organization that has worked hand in hand with China’s policy of coercive abortion and forced sterilization, President Bush decided that the money should go to organizations that actually care about women and children.

On August 5, 2002, he signed the Born Alive Infant Protection Act. This legislation provides legal protection to every child who is born alive, including infants who survive an attempted abortion.

Allowing unborn children and their mothers to receive prenatal care and delivery under the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). This decision revises the definition of “child” in SCHIP to include the unborn.

Declaring January 18, 2002, and January 19 of this year as National Sanctity of Human Life Day. In this year’s proclamation, President Bush echoed the goals of the prolife movement by saying, “On National Sanctity of Human Life Day, we reaffirm the value of human life and renew our dedication to ensuring that every American has access to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”

By showing strong vocal support to key pieces of prolife legislation, including a ban on partial birth abortion and a ban on human cloning, the President has made it crystal clear to every member of Congress that he wants them to ban these destructive and dangerous procedures.
The scary thing is that it is very unlikely that a single one of these great things would have happened if a certain Tennessean had been elected to our nation’s highest office. If a few hundred votes in Florida had gone the other way we’d still be seeing our tax dollars promoting abortion overseas and a President that would veto any attempts to limit abortion on demand.

Thankfully, we elected a President who is willing to state, “We will continue to speak out on behalf of the most vulnerable members of our society. We do so because we believe the promises of the Declaration of Independence are the common code of American life. They should apply to everyone, not just the healthy or the strong or the powerful. A generous society values all human life. A merciful society seeks to expand legal protection to every life, including early life. And a compassionate society will defend a simple, moral proposition, life should never be used as a tool, or a means to an end.”

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