Q14. What hope is there in passing a Human Life Amendment?
A14. Our Republic has survived the injustice of slavery and rectified it with the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
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Q20. What about other strategies to end abortion?
Please permit the Life Amendment Coalition to underscore our firm support for both federal legislation and various constructive Life groups and movements intent on ending abortion in the U.S.
Continue reading →Q12. How does the Life Amendment relate to the rest of the pro-life movement?
A12. In the midst of diverse efforts to save babies and moms from abortion, the Life Amendment shows that a very realistic end game strategy can result in a final end to our national policy of shedding innocent blood.
Continue reading →Q17. Isn’t “abolitionism” a better approach?
A17. The Life Amendment will abolish abortion in every state as a matter of national policy. “Abolitionism” offers no such assurance.
Continue reading →Q16. Will the Life Amendment end every abortion, or will it just subject women to more dangerous illegal abortions?
A16. The Life Amendment will end our national policy of innocent bloodshed. We cannot stop every crime, but that does not mean that we should not stand against all crime.
Continue reading →Q19. Why don’t we utilize a Constitutional Convention (Article 5) to pass the amendment?
A19. There is no guarantee that a Constitutional Convention will retain the Life Amendment content or be kept from fundamentally changing our existing Constitution.
Continue reading →Q6: Can a presidential proclamation stop abortion?
A6: No. Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation did not end slavery. Amendment 13 was needed to complete the process of ending slavery in all of America forever.
Continue reading →Q8. Shouldn’t we focus on passing state-level legislation to restrict abortions?
A8. While we commend any legislative effort to save lives, recent history shows that the courts will still likely strike down legislation which reduces abortions.
Continue reading →Q10. Would a Life Amendment outlaw birth control?
A10. The Life Amendment would ultimately result in prohibiting “birth control” methods which result in the deaths of human beings.
Continue reading →Q11. What about embryonic stem cell research?
A11. Embryonic stem cell research results in the death of human beings, which is inconsistent with the Life Amendment. Research involving only adult stem cells (including umbilical cord stem cells) would be acceptable.
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