1983 - Color, President Reagan: Speech to National Association of Evangelicals Convention. 08Mar83 Card 4 of 7
14:46:50 Continued... You may remember that when abortion on demand began many, and indeed I'm sure many of you, warned that the practice would lead to a decline in respect for human life; that the philosophical premises used to justify abortion on demand would ultimately be used to justify other attacks on the sacredness of human life - infanticide or mercy killing. Tragically enough those warnings proved all too true. Only last year a court permitted the death by starvation of a handicapped infant.
14:47:22 I have directed the Health and Human Services Department to make clear to every health care facility in the United States that the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 protects all handicapped persons against discrimination based on handicaps (applause), including infants. And we have taken the further step of requiring that each & every recipient of Federal funds who provides health care services to infants must post & keep posted in a conspicuous place a notice stating that discriminatory failure to feed & care for handicapped infants in this facility is prohibited by Federal law. It also lists a 24-hour, toll-free number so that nurses & others may report violations in time to save the infant's life (applause).
14:48:27 In addition, recent legislation introduced in the Congress by Representative Henry Hyde of Illinois not only increases restrictions on publicly financed abortions, it also addresses this whole problem of infanticide. I urge the Congress to begin hearings & to adopt legislation that will protect the right of life to all children, including the disabled or handicapped. Now I'm sure that you must get discouraged at times, but you've done better than you know perhaps. There's a great spiritual awakening in America (applause), a renewal of the traditional values that have been the bedrock of America's goodness & greatness.
14:49:15 One recent survey by a Washington-based research council concluded that Americans were far more religious than the people of other nations; 95 percent of those surveyed expressed a belief in God & a huge majority believed the Ten Commandments had real meaning in their lives. And another study has found that an overwhelming majority of Americans disapprove of adultery, teenage sex, pornography, abortion & hard drugs. And this same study showed a deep reverence for the importance of family ties & religious belief (applause).
14:49:57 I think the items we’ve discussed here today must be a key part of the Nation’s political agenda. For the first time the Congress is openly & seriously debating & dealing w/ the prayer & abortion issues - and that's enormous progress right there. I repeat: America is in the midst of a spiritual awakening & a moral renewal. And with your Biblical keynote, I say today: Yes, let justice roll on like a river, righteousness like a never-failing stream (applause).
14:50:38 Now, obviously, much of this new political & social consensus I've talked about is based on a positive view of American history, one that takes pride in our country's accomplishments & record. But we must never forget that no government schemes are going to perfect man. We know that living in this world means dealing w/ what philosophers would call the phenomenology of evil or as theologians would put it the doctrine of sin.
14:51:09 Continued...
1980s; 1983; Republican Presidential Politics; Right Wing Christian Religion; Evil Empire; Economics; Executive Branch; Roe vs. Wade; Lobbying; Story Telling; Speech; Religious;
Note: Credit must be given to: The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library.
NOTE: Up to any continuous 15 minutes of 7 cards, 14:31:48 - 15:01:10, sold at per reel rate.
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1983 - Color, President Reagan: Speech to National Association of Evangelicals Convention. 08Mar83 Card 4 of 7 14:46:50 Continued... You may remember that when abortion on demand began many, and indeed I'm sure many of you, warned that the practice would lead to a decline in respect for human life; that the philosophical premises used to justify abortion on demand would ultimately be used to justify other attacks on the sacredness of human life - infanticide or mercy killing. Tragically enough those warnings proved all too true. Only last year a court permitted the death by starvation of a handicapped infant. 14:47:22 I have directed the Health and Human Services Department to make clear to every health care facility in the United States that the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 protects all handicapped persons against discrimination based on handicaps (applause), including infants. And we have taken the further step of requiring that each & every recipient of Federal funds who provides health care services to infants must post & keep posted in a conspicuous place a notice stating that discriminatory failure to feed & care for handicapped infants in this facility is prohibited by Federal law. It also lists a 24-hour, toll-free number so that nurses & others may report violations in time to save the infant's life (applause). 14:48:27 In addition, recent legislation introduced in the Congress by Representative Henry Hyde of Illinois not only increases restrictions on publicly financed abortions, it also addresses this whole problem of infanticide. I urge the Congress to begin hearings & to adopt legislation that will protect the right of life to all children, including the disabled or handicapped. Now I'm sure that you must get discouraged at times, but you've done better than you know perhaps. There's a great spiritual awakening in America (applause), a renewal of the traditional values that have been the bedrock of America's goodness & greatness. 14:49:15 One recent survey by a Washington-based research council concluded that Americans were far more religious than the people of other nations; 95 percent of those surveyed expressed a belief in God & a huge majority believed the Ten Commandments had real meaning in their lives. And another study has found that an overwhelming majority of Americans disapprove of adultery, teenage sex, pornography, abortion & hard drugs. And this same study showed a deep reverence for the importance of family ties & religious belief (applause). 14:49:57 I think the items we’ve discussed here today must be a key part of the Nation’s political agenda. For the first time the Congress is openly & seriously debating & dealing w/ the prayer & abortion issues - and that's enormous progress right there. I repeat: America is in the midst of a spiritual awakening & a moral renewal. And with your Biblical keynote, I say today: Yes, let justice roll on like a river, righteousness like a never-failing stream (applause). 14:50:38 Now, obviously, much of this new political & social consensus I've talked about is based on a positive view of American history, one that takes pride in our country's accomplishments & record. But we must never forget that no government schemes are going to perfect man. We know that living in this world means dealing w/ what philosophers would call the phenomenology of evil or as theologians would put it the doctrine of sin. 14:51:09 Continued... 1980s; 1983; Republican Presidential Politics; Right Wing Christian Religion; Evil Empire; Economics; Executive Branch; Roe vs. Wade; Lobbying; Story Telling; Speech; Religious; Note: Credit must be given to: The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library. NOTE: Up to any continuous 15 minutes of 7 cards, 14:31:48 - 15:01:10, sold at per reel rate.