Leading pro-life groups say that President-Elect Donald trump should adopt a range of pro-life policies and make critical pro-life appointments on his first day in office.
With Americans handing trump an overwhelming landslide victory in rejection the radical abortion agenda of Kamala Harris, pro-life groups say Trump should return to the pro-life policies that were a hallmark of his first administration.
Marjorie Dannenfesler of SBA Pro-Life told LifeNews that there’s no time to waste in planning for overturning the radical pro-abortion policies of the Biden-Harris administration.
““Now the work begins to dismantle the pro-abortion policies of the Biden-Harris administration. President Trump’s first-term pro-life accomplishments are the baseline for his second term. In the long term, GOP pro-life resolve must be strengthened and centered on the unalienable right to life for unborn children that exists under the 14th Amendment. In America, where you live should never determine whether you live. Across the nation there are still hundreds of thousands of babies to save and moms to serve and we can’t stop fighting for them now,” she said.
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Austin Ruse, the head of the international pro-life group CFAM listed several policies Trump should push forward quickly, as soon as he is inaugurated.
“Trump can go a long way toward mending pro-life and pro-family fences by making big strides in the international sphere. As you recall, he made not just a few of our colleagues angry when he seemed to abandon the pro-life cause during the campaign,” he said. “This is not exactly new with Republican presidents. They have used international efforts to make up for shortfalls domestically. Trump should consider this first-day approach.”
Appoint pro-life policy leaders to key positions at State Department and White House. Key State Department leadership positions must be staffed by committed pro-life personnel that can streamline a pro-life ethos in U.S. diplomacy and foreign assistance.
These positions include but are not limited to: Secretary of State, USAID Administrator, US Ambassador to the UN and Geneva, Ambassador at Large for Global Women’s Issues, Ambassador to UN Economic and Social Council, and Ambassador at Large for Global Health Security and Diplomacy.
Two new position are needed; Special Envoy for Life and Family at the State Department, and Deputy Assistant to the president for life and family policy.
Reinstitute Protecting Life in Global Health Assistance (PLGHA, known colloquially as Mexico City Policy) and expand to all foreign assistance. This policy originally applied to only family planning funding though in his first administration President Trump issued an Executive Order to apply it more broadly. It however was too narrowly crafted to only “global health.” This has allowed abortion groups to receive millions of dollars from other sources of federal money. The new Executive Order must be expanded to cover ALL foreign assistance.
Rescind all Executive Orders and strategies that promote abortion and gender ideology. The Executive Order reinstating the Mexico City Policy must also revoke Executive Orders on foreign policy that promote abortion and gender ideology. Further, it should instruct the U.S. Secretary of State and USAID administrator to rescind and replace all State Department and USAID strategies and policies that promote abortion and gender ideology.
The Executive Order must specifically direct the U.S. State Department Legal Advisor to issue a guidance on abortion in international law consistent with a textual and originalist interpretation of the obligations of the U.S. government under international law.
Other pro-life groups have said they are already putting together plans to work with Trump and his key people on pro-life policies.
“National Right to Life looks forward to working with President-elect Trump, Vice President-elect Vance, and the newly-elected pro-life Congress on policy initiatives to protect the lives of unborn children and provide resources for moms and young parents,” the venerable group informed LifeNews.