This is the same earth in which all of our other cherished civil rights are rooted. The right to life is the cornerstone of justice, it is inscribed in our country's Declaration of Independence, and it was a foundation stone of our Republic. In ancient days, men were ignorant of biology, the science of life, and they groped darkly with the mechanics of human reproduction. Now with the triumph of biology, mankind understands the processes by which an individual comes into being. Biology has demonstrated beyond doubt that life comes from life and life alone, and that for species that reproduce sexually, a new individual comes into being at the moment of conception.
Science harbors no doubts but that a newly conceived human being is indeed fully human.
We all know what has come to pass since the days of Jefferson's assertion in the Declaration of Independence of mankind's right to life. Once again in the history of our country, a class of human beings have been declared to be unpersons. The past two decades of Supreme Court decisions have been ones of steady erosion of the right to life. The Reasons Why College, if it does nothing else, prepares young adults for the future. In no estimation, however, is the classroom the only place where this preparation takes place.