Ronald Reagan: “Abortion has denied them the first and most basic of human rights, and…”

On the recordJanuary 12, 1984

Abortion has denied them the first and most basic of human rights, and we are infinitely poorer for their loss.

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Proclamation 5147—National Sanctity of Human Life Day, 1984

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Ronald Reagan: “Abortion has denied them the first and most basic of human rights, and we are infinitely poorer for their loss.”