Values Voter Presidential Debate -
Personhood
Alan Keyes
September 17, 2007
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
[Excerpt]
FARAH: Time for a question from our second panelist, Janet Folger, President,
Faith2Action, and really, the inspiration behind this evening's debate.
JANET FOLGER, FAITH2ACTION: Thank you. As you will see from the ultrasound
video on the screen, science confirms the undeniable, unique human being, or
person, in the womb. In Roe v. Wade, author Harry Blackmun himself
stated, "If this suggestion of personhood is established, the
appellant's case, of course, collapses."
By the author's own words, Roe v. Wade has collapsed. If elected, what
will you do to make our laws consistent with our science, and restore legal
protection and full rights of personhood to every American waiting to be
born?
FARAH: We'll start from the right side, this time — my right. Ambassador Alan
Keyes.
KEYES: I think the first and most important thing that we would do is
champion an amendment to the United States Constitution that makes it crystal
clear that the right to life of all human beings, from conception to natural
death, must be respected. It's simple. It's clear. It must be done.
We also need to reiterate the truth that, in the Preamble to our
Constitution, it makes it clear that the ultimate aim of our government is to
"secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity."
Our posterity includes many we can't even imagine, who have not yet been
born. Surely, it includes those who are sleeping in the womb.
I would issue an executive order immediately granting the full protection of
the presidency, and every element of the executive branch, to the life in the
womb.
And finally, I would make sure that no judges were appointed to the Supreme
Court of the United States who did not strictly respect its mandate to secure
the liberties of our posterity.
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