[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 12 (Tuesday, January 20, 2004)]
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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.

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[FR Doc. 04-1321
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