Sen. Randal Paul and "Living Death"
"In January 2011, Senator Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) introduced the Life at Conception Act (S. 91), which I co-sponsored. This legislation would declare the right to life is vested in each human being beginning at the moment of fertilization. S. 91 was referred to the Senate Judiciary Committee, of which I am not a member, where it awaits further consideration. " -- http://www.paul.senate.gov/?p=issue&...
"Bear in mind what this subject entails. Try to hold an image of the horror spread across space and time - across the entire globe and through all the centuries - the image of parents chained like beasts of burden to the physical needs of a growing brood of children - young parents aging prematurely while fighting a losing battle against starvation - the skeletal hordes of unwanted children born without a chance to live - the young mothers slaughtered in the unsanitary dens of incompetent abortionists - the silent terror hanging over every couple, over every moment of love."
"Of Living Death" by Ayn Rand (Ford Hall Forum December 8, 1968, The Objectivist Sept-Nov 1968, available as an audio file with Q&A here: http://www.aynrand.org/site/PageServer?p...
"The "sanctity of human life" has been a rallying cry for religious conservatives not just in the Schiavo case, but in their opposition to euthanasia and assisted suicide as such, and in their opposition to all abortion and embryonic stem cell research. By doing everything possible to preserve embryos, fetuses, and the incurably ill or vegetative, they say, we will bring about a "culture of life." "The problem we face . . ." declares conservative icon Rush Limbaugh, "is . . . a culture of death. From abortion on demand . . . to embryonic stem cell research [to] assisted suicide."
But what would life actually be like in their so-called "culture of life"?"
"The Culture of Living Death" by Alex Epstein (SF Chronicle April 1, 2005, online at the Ayn Rand Center for Individual Rights here:
http://www.aynrand.org/site/News2?page=N...
"Bear in mind what this subject entails. Try to hold an image of the horror spread across space and time - across the entire globe and through all the centuries - the image of parents chained like beasts of burden to the physical needs of a growing brood of children - young parents aging prematurely while fighting a losing battle against starvation - the skeletal hordes of unwanted children born without a chance to live - the young mothers slaughtered in the unsanitary dens of incompetent abortionists - the silent terror hanging over every couple, over every moment of love."
"Of Living Death" by Ayn Rand (Ford Hall Forum December 8, 1968, The Objectivist Sept-Nov 1968, available as an audio file with Q&A here: http://www.aynrand.org/site/PageServer?p...
"The "sanctity of human life" has been a rallying cry for religious conservatives not just in the Schiavo case, but in their opposition to euthanasia and assisted suicide as such, and in their opposition to all abortion and embryonic stem cell research. By doing everything possible to preserve embryos, fetuses, and the incurably ill or vegetative, they say, we will bring about a "culture of life." "The problem we face . . ." declares conservative icon Rush Limbaugh, "is . . . a culture of death. From abortion on demand . . . to embryonic stem cell research [to] assisted suicide."
But what would life actually be like in their so-called "culture of life"?"
"The Culture of Living Death" by Alex Epstein (SF Chronicle April 1, 2005, online at the Ayn Rand Center for Individual Rights here:
http://www.aynrand.org/site/News2?page=N...
14th Amendment
All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.