Federal Register: January 20, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 12)
DOCID: FR Doc 04-1321
Presidential Documents
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
NOTICE: Part II
DOCUMENT SUMMARY:
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Proclamation 7752 of January 15, 2004
National Sanctity of Human Life Day, 2004
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
As Americans, we are led by the power of our conscience
and the history of our country to defend and promote
the dignity and rights of all people. Each person,
however frail or defenseless, has a place and a purpose
in this world. On National Sanctity of Human Life Day,
we celebrate the gift of life and our commitment to
building a society of compassion and humanity.
Today, the principles of human dignity enshrined in the
Declaration of Independence--that all persons are
created equal and possess the unalienable rights to
life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness--continue
to guide us. In November, I signed into law the
Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003, reaffirming our
commitment to protecting innocent life and to a basic
standard of humanity--the duty of the strong to defend
the weak. My Administration encourages adoption and
supports abstinence education, crisis pregnancy
programs, parental notification laws, and other
measures to help us continue to build a culture of
life. By working together, we will provide hope to the
weakest among us and achieve a more compassionate and merciful world.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the
United States of America, by virtue of the authority
vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United
States, do hereby proclaim Sunday, January 18, 2004, as
National Sanctity of Human Life Day. I call upon all
Americans to recognize this day with appropriate
ceremonies in our homes and places of worship and to
reaffirm our commitment to respecting the life and dignity of every human being.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
fifteenth day of January, in the year of our Lord two
thousand four, and of the Independence of the United
States of America the two hundred and twenty-eighth.
(Presidential Sig.)B
[FR Doc. 04-1321
Filed 1-16-04; 11:38 am]
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