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 →Q15. Shouldn’t we focus on saving the babies we can save today, instead of focusing on an amendment that may take a long time to achieve?
A15. Almost everyone calling for a Life Amendment has been involved for decades in efforts to save babies. We can work for a permanent end to the killing while continuing to save babies and moms from abortion every day.
Continue reading →Q13. If the Life Amendment doesn’t pass, isn’t this a waste of time?
A13. Seeking to pass the Life Amendment will provide many opportunities to educate the public and to motivate local action against abortion.
Continue reading →Q15. Shouldn’t we wait until public opinion changes before we propose a Life Amendment?
A15. Public opinion is changing.
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.
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