By Steven Ertelt
Life News
President Donald Trump is expected to include a pro-life message in the State of the Union address next Tuesday. Such a message would come after Democrats have been pushing abortion up to birth and infanticide.
Trump has governed as a pro-life president and wasted no time during his first week in office defunding the International Planned Parenthood abortion business. Since that time he has worked on defunding Planned Parenthood domestically, he has defunded the UNFPA which promotes abortion, he has promoted abstinence education, and he’s pressed the pro-life view at the United Nations.
That is a stark contrast to Democrats who recently have been promoting legislation in various states to legalize abortions up to birth. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo recently signed into law legislation in his state allowing abortions up to birth and revoking protections even for babies who survived failed abortions.
This week, pro-abortion Virginia governor Ralph Northam came under heavy fire after promoting infanticide and saying it’s okay if doctors and parents have a discussion allowing babies to die after birth who are severely disabled.
With that in mind, Politico reports that Trump will reportedly include a pro-life message in his National address next Tuesday:
President Donald Trump is telling conservative allies he wants to incorporate firm anti-abortion language into his State of the Union address Tuesday, and potentially include an anti-abortion figure among his list of invitees, according to four sources familiar with his plans.
Trump sees an opening to energize his evangelical supporters and capture moderate voters who administration officials believe may be turned off by widespreadcoverage of New York’s newest abortion law, which allows for termination of some pregnancies after the 24-week mark for health reasons.
Abortion has crested as an issue for conservative legal activists in recent days after New York’s Democratic governor, Andrew Cuomo, signed the late-term abortion bill last Tuesday. Trump has discussed the issue with prominent conservative Christians, including on a phone call this week with Faith & Freedom Coalition President Ralph Reed, a White House official confirmed to POLITICO.
“The president wants to reaffirm his commitment to pro-life things,” said the Republican close to the White House, adding that Trump doesn’t want his third appearance before a joint session of Congress to be “all fire and brimstone.”Continue reading article here
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