They do not have the right to steal life from the womb of the unborn. Abortion is a Declaration issue. It is an issue that goes to the very heart of our principles and how we apply them. And so we see that at the heart of this issue is an attitude that poisons and destroys the entire possibility of family life. It establishes as the principle of right in this society the notion that other human beings, including those who are closest to us of any human beings in the world, can be regarded by us as objects, de-humanized instruments of our pleasure and passion and convenience.
Abortion strikes at the very heart and soul and principle of what it means to be part of a family.
The paradigm of all peace and security should be the peace of the unborn child in the womb. The pre-born child, whose life begins at conception, is a human being created in God's image. The first duty of the law is to prevent the shedding of innocent blood. It is, therefore, the duty of all civil governments to secure and to safeguard the lives of the pre-born. And that's why for most of American History there was no misguided conclusion that law is the result of man's reason or that law is determined by the state.