I support President Trump’s Pro-life efforts to end abortion in America. Please read this information that was recently sent to me by Alex Ouellette, White House Advisor to the President, and formally a resident of Mapleton:
Recently, President Trump announced the release of two reports which further demonstrate his commitment to protecting the sanctity of life. Since his first day in office, President Trump has taken historic action to protect the sanctity of every American life and became the first sitting President to address the annual March for Life rally. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Independent Ethics Advisory Board released a report on its thorough review of 14 external research proposals involving the use of fetal tissue. HHS continues to follow through on its efforts to end federal research using fetal tissue from abortions. Additionally, the Department of State released a report on the President’s “Protecting Life in Global Health Assistance Policy,” which ensures taxpayers do not fund abortions globally.
Reverence for every human life, one of the values for which our Founding Fathers fought, defines the Character of Our Nation. This has moved President Trump to continue to stand with pro-life Americans as their champion. As such, The Trump Administration remains steadfast in their dedication to preserving the precious gift of life and defending religious liberty.
RESOURCES
· Department of Health and Human Services Report of the Human Fetal Tissue Research Ethics Advisory Board (Here)
· The Department of State Report on the Review on the Implementation of the Protecting Life in Global Health Assistance Policy (Here)
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
· Proclamation on National Sanctity of Human Life Day, 2020 (Here)
· Remarks by President Trump at the 47th Annual March for Life (Here)
· Remarks by President Trump to march for Life Participants and Pro-Life Leaders (Here)
· President Donald J. Trump is Standing Up for the Sanctity of Life (Here)
· President Donald J. Trump is Devoted to Protecting American Freedoms and Promoting American Values (Here)
FACT SHEET
PRESIDENT TRUMP’S BOLD EFFORTS TO PROTECT THE UNBORN AND LOAD ON THIS ISSUE BOTH HOME AND ABROAD.
- This year, the President became the first sitting president to attend and address in-person the March for Life rally in Washington, D.C.
- The Trump Administration issued a rule preventing Title X family planning funds from supporting the abortion industry.
- The President overturned an Obama Administration rule that prohibited states from withholding funding from abortion service providers.
- HHS rescinded an Obama-era guidance that prevented states from taking certain actions against abortion providers.
- The Trump Administration took action to ensure that healthcare providers are not forced to perform procedures that violate their conscience.
- The Trump Administration has stood with employers like Little Sisters of the Poor, protecting them from being forced to provide coverage that violate their conscience.
- President Trump has repeatedly called on Congress to end late-term abortion.
- President Trump notified Congress that he would veto any legislation that weakens pro-life policies or that encourages the destruction of human life.
- Before the U.N. General Assembly, President Trump has made clear that global bureaucrats have no business attacking the sovereignty of nations that wish to protect innocent life.
PROTECTING INNOCENT LIFE: President Trump is the most fearless pro-life president in American history.
- Since his first day in office, President Trump has taken historic action to protect the sanctity of every American life.
- President Trump has urged Congress to pass legislation banning the horrendous practice of late-term abortion.
- Last year, President Trump took action to end Federal research using fetal tissue from abortions.
- Shortly after taking office, President Trump issued a memorandum reinstating and expanding the Mexico City Policy, banning funding to organizations that provide abortion overseas.
- The Trump Administration issued a rule preventing Title X family planning funds from supporting the abortion industry.
- President Trump became the first sitting president to address the annual March for Life rally.
AMERICANS SUPPORT PRO-LIFE POLICIES: Public support for pro-life policies remains high according to recent polling.
- A recent Marist-Knights of Columbus poll shows the majority of Americans, 56 percent, believe abortion to be morally wrong.
- More than three in four Americans support restrictions on abortion.
- Even six in ten of those who identify as pro-choice support restrictions on abortion.
- 63 percent of Americans support a ban on abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy.
- Even the majority of pro-choice Americans, 56 percent, support banning abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy.
- Public support for banning abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy has grown by four percent in the last year.
- Six in ten Americans oppose using taxpayer money to fund abortions.
- The majority of Americans, 52 percent, believe that, in the long run, having an abortion does more harm than good to a woman’s life.
- Nearly half of all Americans, 47 percent, believe life begins at conception, and 62 percent believe it begins within the first three months of a pregnancy.
COMMITTED TO PROTECTING LIFE: President Donald J. Trump has shown his steadfast commitment to preserving the precious gift of life and defending religious liberty.
· President Trump is the first sitting President to address the March for Life live via satellite.
· Vice President Mike Pence addressed the March for Life in 2017, becoming the first sitting Vice President to do so in person.
· Today, the Department of Health and Human Services is announcing a proposal to revise its conscience regulations to protect President Trump’s promise to enforce Federal conscience and religious freedom protections. The proposed conscience provisions include:
· Restricting taxpayer funds, including Medicare, Medicaid, and Obamacare, from being used by entities with discriminatory policies or practices,
· Protecting Americans who have religious or moral convictions related to certain health care services,
· Recognizing that Americans should not be discriminated against for their religious or moral beliefs when participating in certain health services.
· Just after taking office, President Trump reinstated and expanded the Mexico City Policy, which protects $9 billion in foreign aid from being used to fund the global abortion industry.
· President Trump cut off taxpayer funding for the U.N. Population Fund, which colludes with China’s cruel program of forced abortion and sterilization.
· President Trump signed H.J. Res. 43 into law, overturning a midnight regulation by the Obama Administration, which prohibited States from defunding certain abortion facilities in their federally-funded family planning programs.
· President Trump has expressed strong support for the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, which would stop late-term abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy, when science tells us that an unborn child can experience pain.
· President Trump’s Administration issued guidance to enforce the requirement that taxpayer dollars not support abortion coverage in Obamacare exchange plans.
· President Trump’s Department of Health and Human Services just announced the formation of a new Conscience and Religious Freedom Division, tasked with ensuring that laws that protect religious freedom and conscience rights are appropriately enforced.
