Donald Trump Becomes First U.S. President to Speak at March for Life

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Since the “excuses” for abortions weren’t covered, just the opposition to the BIG thing (LEGAL abortion) Trump covered those cases too.

At the point an unmarried woman becomes pregnant, even the Church urges the pro-life stance without necessarily emphasizing the sketchy origins of the matter that also violate Church teachings.

Trump expanding the conversation to (what? The legality of premarital
or extramarital sex?)
might be a topic for another time.

And maybe Pope Francis can better take that baton and run with it.
Trump being there today may save lives. The marches get ignored. That’s harder th o do with him there … and AFTER he has already delivered tangible things to the cause vs. just promises.
 
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A world event is taking place in Washington DC. It is the annual March for Life. And, for the first time in history, the president of the United States is actively participating in the event with a powerful pro-life speech. Yes, it is still Trump.

And Catholic Answers Forum somehow managed to not notice this historic event. Has abortion become a non-issue for the Catholics here? Or, have I missed something?
 
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Watch including Livestreaming: Thousands of Pro-Life Supporters Gather on National Mall for Annual March for Life, Including President Trump World News
I googled March for Life and chose a link that claimed to have live streaming. It turned out to be cbsn site. This is the first screen that popped up. [image] Ya think they may have an agenda?
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Actual transcript here below.

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FULL TEXT: President Trump’s historic 2020 March for Life speech​

‘Unborn children have never had a stronger defender in the White House.’

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JIM HALE / LIFESITENEWS

By LifeSiteNews staff

WASHINGTON, D.C., January 24, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – Below is the text of President Donald Trump’s address to the 2020 March for Life. This is the first time any U.S. president has attended the march, which is the largest annual human rights demonstration in the world.

Thank you very much and thank you, Jeanne. It is my profound honor to be the first president in history to attend the March for Life. [applause] We are here for a very simple reason: to defend the right of every child, born and unborn, to fulfill their God-given potential. [applause]

For 47 years, Americans of all backgrounds have traveled from across the country to stand for life.

And today as President of the United States, I am truly proud to stand with you. [applause]

I want to welcome tens of thousands – this is a tremendous turnout – tens of thousands of high school and college students who took long bus rides to be here in our nation’s capital. And to make you feel even better, there are tens of thousands of people outside that we passed on the way in. If anybody would like to give up their spot, we can work it out.

We have a tremendous group of people outside. Thousands and thousands wanted to get in. This is some great success. [applause]

Young people are the heart of the March for Life. And it’s your generation that is making America the pro-family, pro-life nation. [applause]

The life movement is led by strong women, amazing faith leaders, and brave students who carry on the legacy of pioneers before us who fought to raise the conscience of our nation and uphold the rights of our citizens. You embrace mothers with care and compassion. You are empowered by prayer and motivated by your unselfish love. You are grateful and we are so grateful – these are incredible people – to be joined by Secretary Alex Azar and Kellyanne Conway. [applause]

And thanks also to Senators Mike Lee and James Lankford who are here. Thank you, fellas. And Representatives Steve Scalise, Chris Smith, Ralph Abraham, Warren Davidson, Bob Latta, John Joyce, Lloyd Smucker, Brian Fitzpatrick, and Brad Wenstrup. Thank you all. I have to say – and I look at it, and I see it exactly – we have many more politicians in the audience. But if you don’t mind, I won’t introduce them all.
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All of us here understand an eternal truth: Every child is a precious and sacred gift from God. [applause] Together, we must protect, cherish, and defend the dignity and the sanctity of every human life. [applause]

When we see the image of a baby in the womb, we glimpse the majesty of God’s creation. [applause] When we hold a newborn in our arms, we know the endless love that each child brings to a family. When we watch a child grow, we see the splendor that radiates from each human soul. One life changes the world – from my family, and I can tell you, I send love, and I send great, great love – and from the first day in office, I have taken historic action to support America’s families and to protect the unborn. [applause]

And during my first week in office, I reinstated and expanded the Mexico City Policy and we issued a landmark pro-life rule to govern the use of Title X taxpayer funding. I notified Congress that I would veto any legislation that weakens pro-life policy or that encourages the destruction of human life. [applause]

At the United Nations, I made clear that global bureaucrats have no business attacking the sovereignty of nations that protect innocent life. [applause] Unborn children have never had a stronger defender in the White House. [applause]

As the Bible tells us, each person is wonderfully made. [applause]

We have taken decisive action to protect the religious liberty – so important – religious liberty has been under attack all over the world and frankly, very strongly attacked in our nation. You see it better than anyone. But we are stopping it. And we’re taking care of doctors, nurses, teachers, and groups like the Little Sisters of the Poor. [applause]

We are preserving faith-based adoption and to uphold our founding documents, we have appointed 187 federal judges, who apply the consultation as written, including two phenomenal supreme court justices – Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh. [applause]

We are protecting pro-life students’ rights to free speech on college campuses. And if universities want federal taxpayer dollars, then they must uphold your First Amendment right to speak your mind. And if they don’t, they pay a very big financial penalty, which they will not be willing to pay. [applause]

Sadly, the far left is working to erase our God-given rights, shut down faith-based charities, ban religious leaders from the public square, and silence Americans who believe in the sanctity of life. They are coming after me because I am fighting for you and we are fighting for those who have no voice. And we will win because we know how to win. [applause] We all know how to win. We all know how to win. You’ve been winning for a long time. You’ve been winning for a long time.

Together, we are the voice for the voiceless. When it comes to abortion – and you know this, you’ve seen what’s happened – Democrats have embraced the most radical and extreme positions taken and seen in this country for years and decades, and you can even say, for centuries.
 
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Nearly every top Democrat in congress now supports taxpayer-funded abortion all the way up until the moment of birth. Last year, lawmakers in New York cheered with delight upon the passage of legislation that would allow a baby to be ripped from the mother’s womb right up until delivery.

Then, we had the case of the Democrat governor in the state of Virginia, the commonwealth of Virginia. And we love the commonwealth of Virginia, but what is going on in Virginia? What is going on? The governor stated that he would execute a baby after birth. You remember that.

Senate Democrats even blocked legislation that would give medical care to babies who survive attempted abortions. And that’s why I’ve called on Congress – two of our great senators here, so many of our congressmen here – I called upon them to defend the dignity of life and to pass legislation prohibiting late-term abortion of children who can feel pain in their mother’s womb. [applause]

This year, the March for Life is celebrating the 100th anniversary of the 19th amendment, which forever enshrined women’s rights to vote in the United States and given by the United States constitution. Such a big event. Today, millions of extraordinary women across America are using the power of their votes to fight for the right and all of their rights as given in the Declaration of Independence – it’s the right to life. [applause]

To all the women here today, your devotion and your leadership uplifts our entire nation and we thank you for that. The tens of thousands of Americans gathered today not only stand for life – it’s really here that they stand for it so proudly together. And I want to thank everybody for that. You stand for life each and every day. You provide housing, education, jobs, and medical care to the women that you serve. You find loving families for children in need of a forever home. You host baby showers for expecting moms. You make – you just make it your life’s mission to help spread God’s grace.

And to all the moms here today, we celebrate you and we declare that mothers are heroes. [applause] Your strength, devotion, and drive is what powers our nation. Because of you, our country has been blessed with amazing souls who have changed the course of human history.

We cannot know what our citizens yet unborn will achieve. The dreams they will imagine. The masterpieces they will create. The discoveries they will make. But we know this: every life brings love into this world. Every child brings joy to a family. Every person is worth protecting.

And above all, we know that every human soul is divine and every human life, born and unborn, is made in the holy image of Almighty God. [applause]

Together, we will defend this truth all across our magnificent land. We will set free the dreams of our people. And with determined hope, we look forward to all of the blessings that will come from the beauty, talent, purpose, nobility, and grace of every American child.

I want to thank you. This is a very special moment. It’s so great to represent you. I love you all. [applause] And I say with a true passion, thank you, God bless you, and God bless America. Thank you all. Thank you.
 
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KMC said:
So, Trump speaking at a prolife event is a bad thing? Fascinating.
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It makes for a very interesting position.
Some are arguing that the pro life position will somehow end up tainted with the President of the United States supporting it.
The logical conclusion is that they do not want the pro life platform supported by the President.
Since this would actually weaken the platform…

Do these people hate Trump so much that they will work against putting an end to abortion to see him snubbed?
 
vz71 said:
Do these people hate Trump so much that they will work against putting an end to abortion to see him snubbed?
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They do. It is unfathomable but many will support unlimited abortion positions in order to display their irrational hatred of President Trump.
 
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KMC:
So, Trump speaking at a prolife event is a bad thing? Fascinating.
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It makes for a very interesting position.
Some are arguing that the pro life position will somehow end up tainted with the President of the United States supporting it.
The logical conclusion is that they do not want the pro life platform supported by the President.
Since this would actually weaken the platform…

Do these people hate Trump so much that they will work against putting an end to abortion to see him snubbed?
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Apparently in order to support the prolife movement, they probably will support a candidate who supports unlimited abortion up to birth.
 
F_Marturana said:
There was the incident where he commented on the character Murphy Brown being pregnant without being married.
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Was that what was meant? Oh, I thought it was more like Quayle saying that those that care deeply about pro-life issues should make sure they honor the marital bonds. Not what I thought at all.
 
Ridgerunner said:
If it was a cause/effect relaitonship, it would be true worldwide. It overwhelmingly is not. One does not take a tiny slice of information and substitute it for the great mass of evidenc
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No, it wouldn’t have to be true worldwide as different cultures have very different takes on birth control, marriage and abortion. We should restrict it to US culture since we are discussing the political situation in the US>
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Too late. i think everybody is already distracted; by the weather, what their clocks say, their work, the traffic, the sound of their own breath. I see where the Dem presentation is so boring that even Elizabeth Warren was doing crossword puzzles during it. And, of course, the ratings are miserable.
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Ratings aren’t terribly important for something like this. It’s more a question of people following what is happening and I think a lot of people are following what is happening.
 
Would you say that Trump’s election pulled the rug out from the people who are pro-abortion, and seeing him here at the March for Life, they will be motivated to come out in droves to vote? With the previous presidents the pro-abortion people thought women’s rights to abortion were carved in stone. They must be sounding the trumpets to rally the troops now.
 
I felt sick about this march. On the one hand, it’s always a blessing to see so many publicly opposing abortion. May God be with them. On the other, I believe Trump’s presence was 1) politically motivated, and 2) will taint the message of the march making it unlikely that it will be separated from MAGA. That’s incredibly harmful, in my mind. The words he spoke were good, though obviously not written by him. But long term? I think linking the march with Trump only further desecrates the pro-life movement and message.
 
I am going to disagree with you here gracepoole.

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From gracepoole . . .
I believe Trump’s presence was 1) politically motivated
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Does that mean it was ENTIRELY politically motivated?

And why impugn his motives?

And if this is “politically motivated” you have extended a compliment to his political base (who are motvated by such issues). Many thanks.

And why not recognize his accomplishments regarding the Hyde Amendment, judicial appointments, and willingness to affirm as many life postions as he does?

If ALL he had were political ambitions, President Trump could have easily marginalized his positions on life more back in 2016 and probably got elected easier.

Planned Parenthood doesn’t see this kind of thing as mere poltical motivation. They are very worried.

After all, if this was ONLY about getting re-elected,
you would expect NO action TOWARD the pro-life areas in Trump’s second term (“Why bother with a position that the leftist media will attack me attack me over. I will ignore babies and life and coast politically.”)

Planned Parenthood, nor I think this will occur when President Trump wins re-election.

I think President Trump will work even harder in the pro-life arena. But that is just my opinion.

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  1. will taint the message of the march making it unlikely that it will be separated from MAGA
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Then bring in all the Pro-Life Democrats running for the 2020 Presidential office to give a Pro-life talk. They would give them a platform too.

Oh yeah. That’s right! There aren’t any Pro-Life democrats. At least running for presidential office that are serious contenders.

If Democrats don’t want Pro-Life Marches to be viewed as partisan,
I would suggest criticizing the Democrats,
and urging them to change their pro-abort platform.
 
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