[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 43, Number 3 (Monday, January 22, 2007)]
[Page 51]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Proclamation 8101--National Sanctity of Human Life Day, 2007

 January 18, 2007

 By the President of the United States

 of America

 A Proclamation

    America was founded on the principle that we are all endowed by our 
Creator with the right to life and that every individual has dignity and 
worth. National Sanctity of Human Life Day helps foster a culture of 
life and reinforces our commitment to building a compassionate society 
that respects the value of every human being.
    Among the most basic duties of Government is to defend the 
unalienable right to life, and my Administration is committed to 
protecting our society's most vulnerable members. We are vigorously 
promoting parental notification laws, adoption, abstinence education, 
crisis pregnancy programs, and the vital work of faith-based groups. 
Through the ``Born-Alive Infants Protection Act of 2002,'' the 
``Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003,'' and the ``Unborn Victims of 
Violence Act of 2004,'' we are helping to make our country a more 
hopeful place.
    One of our society's challenges today is to harness the power of 
science to ease human suffering without sanctioning practices that 
violate the dignity of human life. With the right policies, we can 
continue to achieve scientific progress while living up to our ethical 
and moral responsibilities.
    National Sanctity of Human Life Day serves as a reminder that we 
must value human life in all forms, not just those considered healthy, 
wanted, or convenient. Together, we can work toward a day when the 
dignity and humanity of every person is respected.
    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 21, 2007, 
as National Sanctity of Human Life Day. I call upon all Americans to 
recognize this day with appropriate ceremonies and to underscore our 
commitment to respecting and protecting the life and dignity of every 
human being.
    In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this eighteenth day 
of January, in the year of our Lord two thousand seven, and of the 
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-
first.
                                                George W. Bush

 [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 8:49 a.m., January 22, 
2007]

Note: This proclamation was released by the Office of the Press 
Secretary on January 19, and it will be published in the Federal 
Register on January 23.