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'''National Sanctity of Human Life Day''' is an observance declared by several [[President of the United States|United States Presidents]] who opposed [[abortion]] typically proclaimed on or near the anniversary of the Supreme Court's decision in ''[[Roe v. Wade]]''.
==History==
President [[Ronald Reagan]] issued a presidential proclamation on January 13, 1984, designating Sunday, January 22, 1984 as National Sanctity of Human Life Day, noting that it was the 11th anniversary of ''Roe v. Wade'', in which the Supreme Court issued a ruling that guaranteed women access to abortion.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reaganlibrary.gov/research/speeches/11384c|via=Ronald Reagan Presidential Library & Museum|title=Proclamation 5147 -- National Sanctity of Human Life Day, 1984|first=Ronald|last=Reagan|date=1984-01-13}}</ref> President Reagan was a strong [[anti-abortion]] advocate who said that in ''Roe v. Wade'' the Supreme Court "struck down our laws protecting the lives of unborn children".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/01/17/us/president-deplores-abortion-proclaims-a-human-life-day.html |title=President Deplores Abortion; Proclaims a Human Life Day |newspaper=The New York Times |date=1986-01-17 }}</ref>
Reagan issued the proclamation annually thereafter, designating Sanctity of Human Life Day to be the closest Sunday to the original January 22 date.<ref>see: 1989 and 2006 when January 22 fell on a 4th Sunday as in the original 1984 date of the proclamation. Though it is usually the case, National Sanctity of Human Life Day is not simply "the 3rd Sunday in January"</ref> His successor, [[George H. W. Bush]], continued the annual proclamation throughout his presidency.<ref name=
At the end of the first year of his presidency, [[Donald Trump]] issued a proclamation declaring Monday, January 22, 2018 to be National Sanctity of Human Life Day;<ref>{{cite web|url=https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/presidential-actions/president-donald-j-trump-proclaims-january-22-2018-national-sanctity-human-life-day/ |via=[[NARA|National Archives]] |work=[[whitehouse.gov]] |title=President Donald J. Trump Proclaims January 22, 2018, as National Sanctity of Human Life Day }}</ref> however, the next year, his proclamation set it again to a Sunday, that being January 20, 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/presidential-actions/presidential-proclamation-national-sanctity-human-life-day-2019/ |via=[[NARA|National Archives]] |work=[[whitehouse.gov]] |title=Presidential Proclamation on the National Sanctity of Human Life Day, 2019 }}</ref>
The day is
According to the Proper Calendar<ref>
==Response==
In an [[amicus brief]] filed by the National Lawyers Association in the case of ''[[Elk Grove Unified School District v. Newdow]]'', National Sanctity of Human Life Day was cited as an instance of the executive branch acknowledging the theistic philosophy of the United States government.<ref>NLA Brief</ref><ref name=
==See also==
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==References==
{{Reflist}}
*{{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/01/15/bush.abortion/ |title=Bush declares National Sanctity of Human Life Day |publisher=CNN.com |date=2007-01-15 |access-date=2007-10-05}}
*{{cite book |last=Gaustad |first=Edwin S. |author2=Leigh Schmidt |title=The Religious History of America |url=https://archive.org/details/religioushistory00gaus_0 |url-access=registration |publisher=HarperCollins |year=2004 |isbn=0-06-063056-6}}
*{{cite web |url=http://washingtonpost.findlaw.com/supreme_court/briefs/02-1624/02-1624.mer.ami.nla.html |title=Supreme Court Briefs: No. 02-1624 |
==External links==
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*[https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/261463 Proclamation 5147, 1984]
*[https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/260156 Proclamation 5292, 1985]
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*[https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/253098 Proclamation 5931, 1989]
*[https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/268166 Proclamation 6090, 1990]
*[https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/268424 Proclamation 6241, 1991]
*[https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/266237 Proclamation 6397, 1991 (for 1992)]
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*[https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/211115 Proclamation 7752, 2004]
*[https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/211576 Proclamation 7863, 2005]
*[https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/214418 Proclamation 7975, 2006]
*[https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/269369 Proclamation 8101, 2007]
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*[https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/331819 Proclamation 9691, 2018]
*[https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/333354 Proclamation 9838, 2019]
*[https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/proclamation-9978-national-sanctity-human-life-day-2020 Proclamation 9978, 2020]
*[https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/proclamation-10136-national-sanctity-human-life-day-2021 Proclamation 10136, 2021]
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[[Category:Anti-abortion movement in the United States]]
[[Category:Observances in the United States by presidential proclamation]]
[[Category:January observances]]
[[Category:Holidays and observances by scheduling (nth weekday of the month)]]
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