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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 24, 2010
Washington, DC - As hundreds of thousands of citizens and volunteers gather in DC to protest the preborn killing of American children, President Obama greeted their arrival with a public statement recommitting to continue abortion. As estimates suggest that last November, America exceeded 53 million people who were not allowed to continue living because of Roe v. Wade, this anniversary should be hallowed in their memory, not rededicated to additional killing of innocent children.
Obama said,
"Today marks the 38th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court decision that protects women's health and reproductive freedom, and affirms a fundamental principle: that government should not intrude on private family matters. I am committed to protecting this constitutional right. I also remain committed to policies, initiatives, and programs that help prevent unintended pregnancies, support pregnant women and mothers, encourage healthy relationships, and promote adoption. And on this anniversary, I hope that we will recommit ourselves more broadly to ensuring that our daughters have the same rights, the same freedoms, and the same opportunities as our sons to fulfill their dreams."
In all the wars in American history combined, from the Revolution to Afghanistan, we have lost approximately 910,000 people. However, in 38 years we have lost about 53 million children to abortion. We lose more children to abortion each day than we lost in all the tragedies on September 11, 2001. About 98 percent of abortions are done for convenience unrelated to health. Less than 2 percent of abortions are done for serious health reasons, rape or incest. Minorities have also been hit hard by abortion. African-Americans account for about 12 percent of the population, but 37 percent of the 1.3 million abortions each year. Latinos make up about 15 percent of the population, yet account for about 22 percent of the annual number of abortions.
Many of the individuals protesting abortion are college students and part of the generations who understand first-hand that about one in four of Americans their age, younger than 38, were killed by abortion. It will never be known how many of them would have been business owners or inventers, whose creativity would help our nation's current problems. College students representing Liberty Counsel and Liberty Center for Law and Policy are in Washington DC today to march and participate in activities on the Hill.
Mathew Staver, Founder of Liberty Counsel and Dean of Liberty University School of Law, commented:
"Today we mourn another year of killing innocent children. While the nation mourns, President Obama celebrates the so-called 'right' to kill. This administration has done more to foster abortion than any other in American history. This administration's record on life is deplorable. We need to restore a culture of life in America and bring liberty and justice to the preborn."
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