A nation that kills its own children has no future.

You shall not murder.

Do not defile yourselves by any of these practices, for by all these things the nations I am driving out before you have defiled themselves.

He must not go near any dead body; he must not defile himself, even for his father or mother.

You shall not murder.

The logic against them could not be more elementary. First, the unborn entity is an actual being, it is alive. If this were not so, there would be no need for an abortion. The very purpose of the abortion is to kill that which is alive. Second, this being is human. What else could it be? Feline? Canine? Bovine? As Congressman Henry Hyde once quipped, "No woman has ever given birth to a Golden Retriever." Human beings give birth to human beings.

As we begin this debate, I am confident that we will hear the supporters of this bill argue in the name of Ronald Reagan that this research is consistent with his long-held views about the sanctity of life.

If we don't want a baby, we must take responsibility for our actions before a baby becomes a reality. God has made us capable of having babies, and when one has been conceived, it is His intention for that child to come into the world. The moment the child is conceived, he is a person, and to abort a pregnancy is murder of a human being.

The woman who purposely destroys her unborn child is guilty of murder. With us there is no nice enquiry as to its being formed or unformed.

Life is sacred and given to us by God; for that reason we must never condone the deliberate, unnatural taking of life.

The Gospel of life must be proclaimed and human life defended in all places and all times.

All human life is precious.