    [United States Statutes at Large, Volume 133, 116th Congress, 1st Session]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

    Proclamation 9838 of January 18, 2019

    National Sanctity of Human Life Day, 2019

    By the President of the United States of America

    A Proclamation

    Today marks the 46th year since the United States Supreme Court's
    decision in Roe v. Wade. On this day, National Sanctity of Human Life
    Sunday, we mourn the lives cut short, and the tremendous promise lost,
    as a result of abortion. As a Nation, we must resolve to protect
    innocent human life at every stage.
    As President, I am committed to defending the Right to Life. During my
    first week in office, I reinstated the Mexico City Policy, which
    prevents foreign aid from being used to fund or support the global
    abortion industry. We are also working to end the abhorrent practice of
    elective late-term abortion, a practice allowed in only seven countries
    around the world.

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    At home, we have issued a proposed regulation to implement the Title X
    prohibition on funding programs that include abortion as a method of
    family planning. I am supporting the effort in the United States Senate
    to make permanent the Hyde Amendment, which has been added year after
    year to spending bills and prevents taxpayer funding for abortion. And I
    have explicitly informed the Congress that I will veto any legislation
    that weakens existing Federal protections for human life.
    My Administration has repeatedly demonstrated its respect for human life
    and conscience at all stages. We have finalized conscience exemptions
    from the contraceptive mandate to protect employers like Little Sisters
    of the Poor from being forced to choose between violating their
    religious beliefs and shutting their doors. We also increased the child
    tax credit, making it financially easier for mothers to care for their
    children after birth, while supporting the loving choices of adoption
    and foster care.
    As the opioid crisis severely affects our country, especially women and
    babies, we are redoubling our efforts to help children born with
    Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome. And we must do everything within our power
    to protect the sanctity of life for the most vulnerable and defenseless
    among us, including people with disabilities. Americans with
    disabilities like Down syndrome are an inspiration, and their example of
    joy and perseverance enriches our lives.
    Our Constitution and our laws contain many protections for innocent
    life, and I have worked hard for the confirmation and appointment of
    judges--including two outstanding Supreme Court justices--committed to
    the rule of law.
    We commend the pro-life movement for the tremendous efforts it has made
    to prevent the deaths of innocent unborn children, including through the
    annual March for Life. For more than 46 years, courageous and faithful
    citizens, many from college campuses and high schools across our
    country, have extended big hearts and hands of compassion to young women
    experiencing unexpected pregnancies. For decades, they have prayed
    passionately and stood tirelessly for the sanctity of life, speaking up
    for those who cannot speak for themselves. We honor, too, the many men
    and women who share the precious gifts of life and family by adopting
    babies and children, welcoming them into their homes and hearts.
    Today, we recommit ourselves to protecting innocent life every day and
    at every stage. We must continue to be a country that shows respect for
    the dignity and worth of every person at every stage of life.
    NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
    America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
    the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim January 20, 2019, as
    National Sanctity of Human Life Day. Today I call on the Congress to
    join me in protecting and defending the dignity of every human life,
    including those not yet born. I call on the American people to continue
    to care for women in unexpected pregnancies and to support adoption and
    foster care in a more meaningful way, so every child can have a loving
    home. And finally, I ask every citizen of this great Nation to listen to
    the sound of silence caused by a generation lost to us, and then to
    raise their voices for all those affected by abortion, both seen and
    unseen.

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    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this eighteenth day of
    January, in the year of our Lord two thousand nineteen, and of the
    Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
    third.
    DONALD J. TRUMP