In
American history, one of the most important documents is the Declaration of
Independence. One line from it states, “We
hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they
are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these
are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” According to this phrase, these rights are
self-evident (that everyone should recognize these rights) and that these
rights granted to us, are not by a government, but by their Creator. Since a Creator gives these rights to us, the
government cannot take these rights away, because the government is not the one
granting these rights.
These
three primary rights are linked together for a purpose, as is the order they
are written. Listed first is the
self-evident right to life. If there is
no life, then there is no need for liberty, nor is there an ability to pursue
happiness. If there is life, but no
liberty, then there is no ability to pursue happiness. If there is life and liberty, but denial to
pursue happiness, then there is no purpose in the other two rights.
It
is the government’s responsibility to ensure that these rights are maintained,
“That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving
their just powers from the consent of the governed.” The statement “to secure these rights,” shows
that it is the government’s responsibility to ensure that these self-evident
rights, granted by the Creator, are not infringed.
Sadly,
since January 22, 1973, at least fifty-five million Americans have been denied
their self-evident right, given by the Creator, to life. This is not based upon any crime they have
committed. This is not based upon any decision
that they made for themselves. This is
not a choice that the person made for themself to end their life. This is a denial of the most fundamental and
first right listed in the Declaration of Independence: the right to life. All have been given the right to life, to be
born.
The
Holy Bible states that life begins with God, “For You formed
my inward parts; You wove me in my mother's womb. I will give thanks to You, for I am fearfully
and wonderfully made; Wonderful are Your works, And my soul knows it very well. My frame was not hidden from You, When I was
made in secret, And skillfully
wrought in the depths of the earth; Your eyes have seen my unformed substance;
And in Your book were all written The days that were ordained for me, When as yet there was not one
of them,” (Psalm 119:13-16 NASB). The
Creator of life has a purpose of everyone’s life. He formed everyone for a purpose, beginning
with the right to life.
As a nation, our foundation is based
upon three unalienable rights. Rights
that are self-evident and endowed by our Creator. The first of which is the right to life. Therefore, do we have the right to take away
someone else’s self-evident right to life based upon what we feel is a choice. When given that choice to take away someone
else’s life, will we heed the words of the Bible, “I call heaven and earth to
witness against you today, that I have set before you life and death, the
blessing and the curse. So choose life in order that you may live, you and your
descendants,” (Deuteronomy 30:19 NASB).
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