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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>

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="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://government-programs.laws.com/national-sanctity-of-human-life-day|title=National Sanctity of Human Life Day - LAWS.com|date=April 6, 2015}}</ref> Bush's successor, [[Bill Clinton]], discontinued the practice throughout his eight years in office, but Bush's son and Clinton's successor, [[George W. Bush]], resumed the proclamation and did so every year of his presidency.<ref name="voa">{{Cite news |title=Bush Names This Sunday 'Sanctity of Life' Day |work= Voice of America - English |language=en |url=https://www.voanews.com/archive/bush-names-sunday-sanctity-life-day |access-date=2021-04-30}}</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="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://government-programs.laws.com/national-sanctity-of-human-life-day|title=National Sanctity of Human Life Day - LAWS.com|date=April 6, 2015}}</ref> Bush's successor, [[Bill Clinton]], discontinued the practice throughout his eight years in office, but Bush's son and Clinton's successor, [[George W. Bush]], resumed the proclamation and did so every year of his presidency.<ref name="voa" />



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>

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>

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