Thu Jun 15, 2023 – 4:28 pm EDT
(LifeSiteNews) — More than two dozen prominent pro-life voices have signed onto a declaration that nationwide equal protection of the preborn must be the “north star” of the pro-life movement, throwing down a bold gauntlet at a time when Republicans are divided on how to navigate a post-Roe v. Wade legal landscape.
Organized by Live Action and published Thursday in National Review, the statement declares that, “[n]ow that Roe is gone, the pro-life movement must direct its efforts to achieving our ultimate goal: ending abortion by ensuring equal protection for children in the womb,” arguing that “[t]here can be no distinction between someone’s biological humanity and his or her legal personhood.”
“Some claim that our Constitution is ‘silent’ on abortion. While it is true that the word ‘abortion’ does not appear in the text, just as words like ‘infanticide’ and ‘homicide’ do not appear, the text of the Constitution, and particularly its principle of ‘equal protection,’ has undeniable implications for the question of elective abortion,” it argues. “The 14th Amendment expressly forbids the states from denying ‘to any person within [their] jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.’
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