LIFE
The Second Paragraph of the Declaration of Independence begins with these words:
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”
LIFE was No. 1 on the list of rights named by our founding fathers, and it is No. 1 on my list as well.
I respect and will fight to defend the sanctity of life from conception to cradle to grave.
I value life every time I look into the eyes of my wife Karen, and my children. And it was my respect for life that led Karen and I to open our home to Malcolm Stewart, an orphaned teenager from the south side of Chicago.
My respect for life flows from my faith in God to my respect for people and the environment in which we live.
- I will support every effort to overturn the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision which has led to the slaughter of more than 40 million innocent babies since 1973.
- I oppose any use of taxpayer money for abortions in this country or as part of foreign aid to other countries. And I support reinstating the Mexico City Policy, that requires all non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that receive federal funding to refrain from performing or promoting abortion services, as a method of family planning, in other countries.
- I oppose any federal funding of Planned Parenthood, and will support every legislative effort to halt current federal funding of Planned Parenthood and prohibit any future funding of Planned Parenthood.
- I oppose the use of taxpayer money for embryonic stem cell research that involves cloning human cells for the purpose of destroying them in the name of research.