The first duty of the law is to protect innocent life created in the image of God. No level of civil government may legalize or fund the taking of life without justification. Legalizing the termination of innocent life of the born or unborn, whether by abortion, infanticide, euthanasia, or suicide, is a direct violation of their unalienable right to life. 

We affirm the God-given legal personhood of all human beings, from fertilization to natural death, without exception. 

THE PRINCIPLES

The Declaration of Independence 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.” 

THE PROBLEM

STATE VS. FEDERAL AUTHORITY

Article IV of the Constitution guarantees to each state a republican form of government. Therefore, although a Supreme Court opinion is binding on the parties to the controversy as to the particulars of the case, it is not a political rule for the nation. As Roe v Wade was an illegitimate usurpation of authority, violating the natural right to life, so are all state laws that allow the destruction of innocent human life, born or unborn.

We affirm both the authority and duty of Congress to limit the appellate jurisdiction of the Supreme Court in all cases involving the personhood of all human beings in accordance with the U.S. Constitution, Article III, Section 2. 

We condemn the misuse of federal laws against pro-life advocates and strongly urge the repeal of statutes like the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act as an unconstitutional expansion of federal power into areas reserved to the states or people by the Tenth Amendment.

THE SOLUTION

We oppose the distribution and use of all abortifacients. 

As to matters of rape and incest, we empathize with those abused and assert the need to provide immediate protection and care in a safe environment. Instead of the further violence of abortion, the mother and the child should be provided with compassionate care. We find it unconscionable to take the life of an innocent child for the crimes of his father. 

We oppose the use of third-party assisted reproduction that harms pre-born persons created in the process, involves surrogacy, or involves eggs or sperm from donors other than the spouse. 

All funding, statutes, and regulations authorizing biomedical research involving human embryos for cloning and human enhancement must be repealed. 

THE CONSTITUTION PARTY COMMITTMENT

Constitution Party members who serve in elected and appointed positions are committed to the following: 

In office, we shall only appoint to the judiciary and other positions of judicial and executive authority qualified individuals who publicly acknowledge and commit themselves to the legal personhood of all human beings. 

In addition, we will do all that is within our power to encourage federal, state, and local government officials to protect the sanctity of the life of the pre-born through legislation, executive action, and judicial enforcement of the law of the land. We oppose the use of tax-payer funds at any level of government to support any local, state, federal, or foreign government entity or any other private organization or quasi-government entity, foreign or domestic, that advocates, encourages, or participates in the practice of abortion. 

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