Trump Became First U.S. President to Attend March for Life
By Julio Severo
President Donald Trump on January 24, 2020
became the first sitting U.S. president to appear in person to attend and
address the March for Life, which has happened annually for 47 years.
He said “unborn children have never had a
stronger defender in the White House,” but he did not mention that his defense
does not include some categories of babies, including
babies conceived in the violent act of rape. Pro-life leader Rebecca Kiessling,
who was conceived in rape, has already addressed the weakness of Trump’s
pro-life stance.
If all babies are “made in the holy image
of Almighty God,” why to exclude those who have no guilty of being conceived in
the violent act of a rape?
In his speech, Trump touted policies
supported by evangelicals, such as protections of religious liberty and the
appointment of conservative judges — but again he did not mention anything
about his
appointment of homosexualist judges.
The
March for Life began in 1974 when pro-life activists sought to draw attention
to the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade ruling that declared state laws banning
abortion unconstitutional in 1973. Since then, abortion has been legal from conception
until delivery.
Even
pro-life presidents Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush did not make a personal
appearance at the March for Life.
Since 1973, the U.S.
has made over 61 million abortions, that is, over 61
million U.S. babies were sacrificed on the medical altar of convenience.
In
spite of Trump’s efforts, 862,320 abortions took place in the United States in
2017, the first year of his administration. In the second year of his
administration, approximately 876,000 abortions took place in the United States in
2018. About 800,000 babies were slaughtered in 2019.
Trump has cut some US$ 50 million of federal
government funds (tax-payer money) of Planned Parenthood, which nevertheless
continues receiving over US$
500 million from the Trump administration. So while pro-lifers get good pro-life
speeches from Trump, pro-abortion groups receive from the Trump administration
big money for abortions.
Even though U.S. pro-life presidents make
their speeches, millions U.S. babies continue to be sacrificed. If millions
innocent Americans suffered systematic slaughter in the hands of a foreign
group, Trump would certainly send killer drones to solve this problem. In fact,
earlier
on January he sent such killer drones to kill an Iranian general,
and the justification was that he had killed Americans.
If the murder of Americans is a good
justification to use killer drones, why to spare baby slaughterhouses?
Yet,
baby slaughterhouses, especially the biggest abortion network in the U.S.,
Planned Parenthood, kill year by year many more Americans than Islamic
terrorist groups have ever did. If such terrorist groups can receive the deserved
visit of killer drones, why not baby slaughterhouses?
It
makes no sense to send killer drones to visit Islamic terrorist groups and let baby
slaughterhouses keep killing millions of Americans. Terrorists, Islamic or baby
slaughterhouses, should not treated only by speeches. Killer drones should not
be used only against Muslims. I repeat: baby slaughterhouses kill infinitely
more innocent Americans than Muslim terrorists do.
Below is a full transcript of the remarks
President Donald Trump made at the 2020 March for Life. His speech marked the
first time a president has attended the March for Life and addressed it in
person:
Thank you very much and thank you, Jeanne.
It is my honor to be the first president in history to attend the March for
Life. [applause] We are here for a very simple reason: to defend the right of
every child, born and unborn, to fulfill their God-given potential. [applause]
For 47 years, Americans of all backgrounds
have traveled from across the country to stand for life.
And today as President of the United
States, I am truly proud to stand with you. [applause]
I want to welcome tens of thousands – this
is a tremendous turnout – tens of thousands of high school and college students
who took long bus rides to be here in our nation’s capital. And to make you
feel even better, there are tens of thousands of people outside that we passed
on the way in. If anybody would like to give up their spot, we can work it out.
We have a tremendous group of people
outside. Thousands and thousands wanted to get in. This is some great success.
[applause]
Young people are the heart of the March
for Life. And it’s your generation that is making America the pro-family,
pro-life nation. [applause]
The life movement is led by strong women,
amazing faith leaders, and brave students who carry on the legacy of pioneers
before us who fought to raise the conscience of our nation and uphold the
rights of our citizens. You embrace mothers with care and compassion. You are
empowered by prayer and motivated by your unselfish love. You are grateful and
we are so grateful – these are incredible people – to be joined by Secretary
Alex Azar and Kellyanne Conway. [applause]
And thanks also to Senators Mike Lee and
James Lankford who are here. Thank you, fellas. And Representatives Steve
Scalise, Chris Smith, Ralph Abraham, Warren Davidson, Bob Latta, John Joyce,
Lloyd Smucker, Brian Fitzpatrick, and Brad Wenstrup. Thank you all. I have to
say – and I look at it, and I see it exactly – we have many more politicians in
the audience. But if you don’t mind, I won’t introduce them all.
All of us here understand an eternal
truth: Every child is a precious and sacred gift from God. [applause] Together,
we must protect, cherish, and defend the dignity and the sanctity of every
human life. [applause]
When we see the image of a baby in the
womb, we glimpse the majesty of God’s creation. [applause] When we hold a
newborn in our arms, we know the endless love that each child brings to a
family. When we watch a child grow, we see the splendor that radiates from each
human soul. One life changes the world – from my family, and I can tell you, I
send love, and I send great, great love – and from the first day in office, I
have taken historic action to support America’s families and to protect the
unborn. [applause]
And during my first week in office, I
reinstated and expanded the Mexico City Policy and we issued a landmark
pro-life rule to govern the use of Title X taxpayer funding. I notified
Congress that I would veto any legislation that weakens pro-life policy or that
encourages the destruction of human life. [applause]
At the United Nations, I made clear that
global bureaucrats have no business attacking the sovereignty of nations that
protect innocent life. [applause] Unborn children have never had a stronger
defender in the White House. [applause]
As the Bible tells us, each person is
wonderfully made. [applause]
We have taken decisive action to protect
the religious liberty – so important – religious liberty has been under attack
all over the world and frankly, very strongly attacked in our nation. You see
it better than anyone. But we are stopping it. And we’re taking care of
doctors, nurses, teachers, and groups like the Little Sisters of the Poor.
[applause]
We are preserving faith-based adoption and
to uphold our founding documents, we have appointed 187 federal judges, who
apply the consultation as written, including two phenomenal supreme court
justices – Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh. [applause]
We are protecting pro-life students’
rights to free speech on college campuses. And if universities want federal
taxpayer dollars, then they must uphold your First Amendment right to speak
your mind. And if they don’t, they pay a very big financial penalty, which they
will not be willing to pay. [applause]
Sadly, the far left is working to erase
our God-given rights, shut down faith-based charities, ban religious leaders
from the public square, and silence Americans who believe in the sanctity of
life. They are coming after me because I am fighting for you and we are
fighting for those who have no voice. And we will win because we know how to
win. [applause] We all know how to win. We all know how to win. You’ve been
winning for a long time. You’ve been winning for a long time.
Together, we are the voice for the
voiceless. When it comes to abortion – and you know this, you’ve seen what’s
happened – Democrats have embraced the most radical and extreme positions taken
and seen in this country for years and decades, and you can even say, for
centuries.
Nearly every top Democrat in congress now
supports taxpayer-funded abortion all the way up until the moment of birth.
Last year, lawmakers in New York cheered with delight upon the passage of
legislation that would allow a baby to be ripped from the mother’s womb right
up until delivery.
Then, we had the case of the Democrat
governor in the state of Virginia, the commonwealth of Virginia. And we love
the commonwealth of Virginia, but what is going on in Virginia? What is going
on? The governor stated that he would execute a baby after birth. You remember
that.
Senate Democrats even blocked legislation
that would give medical care to babies who survive attempted abortions. And
that’s why I’ve called on Congress – two of our great senators here, so many of
our congressmen here – I called upon them to defend the dignity of life and to
pass legislation prohibiting late-term abortion of children who can feel pain
in their mother’s womb. [applause]
This year, the March for Life is
celebrating the 100th anniversary of the 19th amendment, which forever
enshrined women’s rights to vote in the United States and given by the United
States constitution. Such a big event. Today, millions of extraordinary women
across America are using the power of their votes to fight for the right and
all of their rights as given in the Declaration of Independence – it’s the
right to life. [applause]
To all the women here today, your devotion
and your leadership uplifts our entire nation and we thank you for that. The
tens of thousands of Americans gathered today not only stand for life – it’s
really here that they stand for it so proudly together. And I want to thank
everybody for that. You stand for life each and every day. You provide housing,
education, jobs, and medical care to the women that you serve. You find loving
families for children in need of a forever home. You host baby showers for
expecting moms. You make – you just make it your life’s mission to help spread
God’s grace.
And to all the moms here today, we
celebrate you and we declare that mothers are heroes. [applause] Your strength,
devotion, and drive is what powers our nation. Because of you, our country has
been blessed with amazing souls who have changed the course of human history.
We cannot know what our citizens yet
unborn will achieve. The dreams they will imagine. The masterpieces they will
create. The discoveries they will make. But we know this: every life brings
love into this world. Every child brings joy to a family. Every person is worth
protecting.
And above all, we know that every human
soul is divine and every human life, born and unborn, is made in the holy image
of Almighty God. [applause]
Together, we will defend this truth all
across our magnificent land. We will set free the dreams of our people. And
with determined hope, we look forward to all of the blessings that will come
from the beauty, talent, purpose, nobility, and grace of every American child.
I want to thank you. This is a very
special moment. It’s so great to represent you. I love you all. [applause] And
I say with a true passion, thank you, God bless you, and God bless America.
Thank you all. Thank you. [applause]
Portuguese version of this article: Trump se tornou o primeiro presidente dos EUA a
participar da Marcha pela Vida
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