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Swordsmyth
10-13-2017, 06:17 PM
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) just released their 2018-2022 plan (https://www.hhs.gov/about/draft-strategic-plan/index.html), which unequivocally states that life begins at conception and deserves protection. In the introduction it says,

“HHS accomplishes its mission through programs and initiatives that cover a wide spectrum of activities, serving and protecting Americans at every stage of life, beginning at conception.”
The draft mentions conception five times total. The overwhelmingly pro-life stance in the draft is welcome news to many.
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The debate over the personhood of unborn children has been a central issue of the abortion debate. Ever since Roe v. Wade in 1973, pro-life advocates have been trying to establish constitutionally protected rights for the unborn. In the ruling’s majority opinion (https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/410/113/case.html), Justice Harry Blackmun wrote that Roe v. Wade would collapse if “the fetus is a person.”
In support of the HHS’s draft, author and bioethics expert Wesley J. Smith wrote (http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/452515/hhs-defines-life-beginning-conception), “life ‘beginning at conception’ … is a fact of basic biological science.”
Compared to previous drafts, this new plan is overwhelming friendly to religious organizations as well. It includes 40 references to “faith-based” organizations and upholding their rights, compared to only three references (https://www.hhs.gov/about/strategic-plan/index.html) in the Obama administration’s HHS plan.

More at: http://thefederalist.com/2017/10/13/life-begins-at-conception-says-department-hhs/

lilymc
10-13-2017, 06:36 PM
This is kind of hard to believe, but amazing news.