[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 14 (Tuesday, January 23, 2007)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 3023-3024]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-310]



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Part IV





The President





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Proclamation 8101--National Sanctity of Human Life Day, 2007


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Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 14 / Tuesday, January 23, 2007 / 
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Title 3--
The President

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                Proclamation 8101 of January 18, 2007

                
National Sanctity of Human Life Day, 2007

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                America was founded on the principle that we are all 
                endowed by our Creator with the right to life and that 
                every individual has dignity and worth. National 
                Sanctity of Human Life Day helps foster a culture of 
                life and reinforces our commitment to building a 
                compassionate society that respects the value of every 
                human being.

                Among the most basic duties of Government is to defend 
                the unalienable right to life, and my Administration is 
                committed to protecting our society's most vulnerable 
                members. We are vigorously promoting parental 
                notification laws, adoption, abstinence education, 
                crisis pregnancy programs, and the vital work of faith-
                based groups. Through the ``Born-Alive Infants 
                Protection Act of 2002,'' the ``Partial-Birth Abortion 
                Ban Act of 2003,'' and the ``Unborn Victims of Violence 
                Act of 2004,'' we are helping to make our country a 
                more hopeful place.

                One of our society's challenges today is to harness the 
                power of science to ease human suffering without 
                sanctioning practices that violate the dignity of human 
                life. With the right policies, we can continue to 
                achieve scientific progress while living up to our 
                ethical and moral responsibilities.

                National Sanctity of Human Life Day serves as a 
                reminder that we must value human life in all forms, 
                not just those considered healthy, wanted, or 
                convenient. Together, we can work toward a day when the 
                dignity and humanity of every person is respected.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the 
                United States of America, by virtue of the authority 
                vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United 
                States, do hereby proclaim Sunday, January 21, 2007, as 
                National Sanctity of Human Life Day. I call upon all 
                Americans to recognize this day with appropriate 
                ceremonies and to underscore our commitment to 
                respecting and protecting the life and dignity of every 
                human being.

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                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                eighteenth day of January, in the year of our Lord two 
                thousand seven, and of the Independence of the United 
                States of America the two hundred and thirty-first. 
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