Thank You President Bush, From a Pro-Lifer
It’s been a while since I have written anything about President George W Bush, because quite frankly, he has disappointed me in so many ways since the onset of his 2nd term. I have been the first to blame President Bush for his many mistakes and misjudgments, but have also been his staunchest defender when he has made things right, and this is one of those times. On the Pro-Life front, Mr. Bush will leave an accomplished legacy, maybe greater than any U.S. President since the passing of Roe v. Wade in 1973.
Life News details that legacy…
During his administration, President Bush saw abortions decline to historic lows and he made history himself by signing the first measure to ever ban a form of abortion.
Every pro-life leader LifeNews.com contacted showered Bush with words of praise.
“President Bush’s conviction that innocent human life deserves respect in law and culture runs deep,” Concerned Women for America president Wendy Wright said.
“From signing pro-life laws, instituting pro-life regulations, to promoting pro-life international policies, he faced vicious opposition yet did not relent. Bureaucrats worked to undermine and thwart his policies, sometimes working hand-in-hand with pro-abortion groups and hostile media. But he was not deterred,” she said.
Bill Donohue, the head of the Catholic League, agreed.
“George W. Bush will be remembered as doing more to build a culture of life than any president,” he told LifeNews.com.
“From embryonic stem cell research and cloning to the Born Alive Infants Protection Act and partial-birth abortion, George W. Bush has been the pro-life community’s best friend,” he explained.
The president demonstrated his pro-life commitment on his first day in office when he reinstituted the Mexico City Policy that stops taxpayer funding of groups that promote or perform abortions in other nations. Later he extended that policy further to prevent pro-abortion funding within all State Department programs.
He also cut off funding for the UNFPA, a United Nations agency found to have been involved in supporting and working with Chinese family planning officials as the implemented the nation’s one-child policy with forced abortions.
Bush followed that up with a policy preventing taxpayers from being forced to pay for new embryonic stem cell research that destroys human life.
The president signed every piece of pro-life legislation that came to his desk, including the partial-birth abortion ban and a bill to make sure babies who survive botched abortions receive appropriate medical care.
Bush signed into law the Unborn Victims of Violence Act to offer protection and justice to pregnant women like Laci Peterson and their unborn children who are killed or injured in violent attacks.
He also signed measures to reduce abortions among disabled babies by helping provide parents of children with Down syndrome and other ailments with alternatives.
President Bush also repeatedly threatened to veto any Congressional bill that removed one of the many different protections against taxpayer funded abortions.
On the bioethics front, President Bush offered to sign a ban on all forms of human cloning, though Congress never took him up on the offer. He also pressed for a UN call for nations to ban human cloning.
Bush tried to stop the use of federally-controlled drugs in assisted suicides in Oregon, but the courts stopped him from doing so and Congress never approved a bill backing him up.
And Bush signed into law a measure designed to help the family of Terri Schiavo save her from a painful starvation and dehydration death at the hands of her former husband.
“His attempt to save Terri Schindler Schiavo from a painful death showed his compassion for one vulnerable life,” Wright said.
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Father Frank Pavone said a president can be measured not only by the impact he has during his time in office but by the future impact his actions have. That, he says, is expressed in the fact that Bush named two Supreme Court judges that pro-life advocates strongly support.
“By far, the most lasting and significant progress made under President Bush is represented by the two Supreme Court Justices he nominated and the Senate confirmed,” he told LifeNews.com. “That was the motivation for so many voters who elected the president both times. And it has already paid off, as the Supreme Court upheld the ban on partial-birth abortion.”
Pavone says he personally saw the pro-life commitment of Bush and his administration during his interaction with him.
“In ways the public usually doesn’t hear about, pro-life men and women have been shaping and implementing federal policies and doing all they can to advance a culture of life through administrative decisions and policy proposals, both domestic and international,” he said.
Those actions went beyond the border of the United States.
Thank you President Bush, for your convictions of protecting the most innocent among us, the unborn. On this front you have probably saved more lives than most of us will ever realize. How many children will play on playgrounds today all across the globe because of the decline of abortions that took place under your leadership? Let the MSM and popular culture make their judgements on your presidency, but we who fight the fight for the the unborn will have our judgements as well. We will continue to remind our fellow citizens of the immoral and inhumane practice of abortion and how you helped fight the fight against this barbarism. On this battle front, it was truly an honor to fight in the trenches with you Mr. President… we will miss you!
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