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2024-10-21
Republican U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri declared Oct. 4 that "there is no right more important than the right to life"after the Republican National Convention's abandonment of support for a federal abortion ban.
"There is no right more foundational than the right to life,"Hawley said at Family Research Council's fourth annual Pray Vote Stand Summit this past weekend. He stressed that this right is not a "luxury,"but is "absolutely foundational to everything we believe in as conservatives."
These rights, Hawley noted, are given by "our Creator,"and not by the government -- the first of these rights being the right to life.
"Whether they are planned or not ... every single person is created in the image of God,"Hawley said. "That is our foundational truth, it is our foundational commitment, and we need to say it boldly, and unashamedly."
The senator warned that a culture that "does not love life"or "protect the innocent unborn"becomes "callous,"and is "all too willing to discard those it deems weak or unworthy or less than."
"That is not the United States of America,"he added, having stressed that this right is listed in the Declaration of Independence.