The ArtPeace Project

H istory is a wonderful teacher. When the history of the abortion industry and the founding of our nation are examined, the following facts stand out. Two major icons of the choice industry changed their position from supporting and working to develop the industry to dedicating their lives to banning the practice from the planet. The founder’s of the United States of America designed our government to protect individual freedom by making our most basic rights unalienable. Unalienable means we are never without our rights, they are endowed by our creator and therefore part of our anatomy, the same as having arms, or legs, or hair. No judge can remove them by the whim of someone else, including a parent or sibling or doctor or lawyer or judge.

Dr. Bernard Nathanson and Norma McCorvey (the Roe in Roe versus Wade) are both deceased now, but their message to anyone who will listen is vehemently pro-life. Of all people to have a voice in the matter, these two should be listened to most. Dr. Nathanson produced a video that can be seen on YouTube that shows how he became adamantly pro-life. His conversion came after he performed some ten thousand abortions and set up abortion clinics in the state of New York that were used as models for the industry. His video is factual and scientific. It is designed to convince those in the medical profession of his findings, and it is not recommended for the squeamish. Please do not show it to children. Many adults who have no medical background or training in surgery might find it painful to watch. His conversion is nothing less than amazing. .

Norma McCorvey authored books and made videos, including a pro life commercial seen on national television in January of 2013. Her books are widely read and her public video messages also are on Youtube. .

If Babe Ruth and Jackie Robinson had become anti-baseball, dedicating the remainder of their lives trying to end the sport of baseball, and many other baseball players were also leaving the sport forever, would the sports newscasters ignore it like our news ignores the number of former pro-choice proponents who are now pro-life? .

Our nation was started on the premise of the value of an individual. The author of the Declaration of Independence was specifically creating a human rights document. I believe that our founder’s intended that industries such as abortion should never be allowed. Our founders did not write documents that were difficult to understand or to which the meaning was not clear. We hold these truths to be self-evident would be written today as: We hold these facts to be captain obvious or, you don’t need to check Wikipedia dude. Although there are thousands of historical writings over the last three hundred years of history of our nation, I ask you to consider the following, which pertain to the development of our founding document and defining principle of the USA, that all men are created equal. .

Men means “mankind” and applies to all humans on the planet. .

Thomas Jefferson lost a major court case in which he used the words born free (Howell vs Netherland 1770). .

Jefferson lost the case because his opposing lawyer agreed that all are born free, but some are born free with a pre-existing condition. In this case, Netherland was providing food, clothing and shelter for the mother of Sam Howell, and she was Netherland’s slave. Under British law, a person could be born free, but also born into slavery because of pre-existing conditions. .

Thomas Jefferson was outraged at the ridiculousness of the laws of slavery, that would allow a baby to be born owing a debt. .

A slave is a person who another can legally make choices for, regarding their life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness. .

Thomas Jefferson authored the Declaration of Independence just a few years after his embarrassing loss in Howell vs Netherland and he specifically did not use the words born free. .

Jefferson chose the words all men are created equal, which moves the timeframe from birth to creation when the person is in the womb of his or her mother. .

Jefferson wanted all humans of all kinds to have the ability to be free and not have others make a choice for them regarding life, liberty or the pursuit of happiness. .

The Declaration was edited and approved by Benjamin Franklin and John Adams, and it was reviewed and signed by all thirteen colonies who joined the rebellion of 1776. .

By using the words created equal instead of born free, he removed the ability for someone to be born royal, and others to be born slaves. .

By stating that all are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, Jefferson planted your rights into your being and made them unavailable for discussion or deletion by the courts. No one can take them away without severe cause. .

Jefferson made government accountable to the people to protect individual rights and the right he mentions first and foremost is the right to life. .

Although our founding document was written to be easy to understand, four score and seven years later, it took a civil war to settle the subject of slavery. .