Humanity. It is all of us. It's you and me
and all the living humans on earth. It is
also the quality of being human. It's the
ability to love, to show compassion, to protect,
to be kind, and to acknowledge the human rights
of others. There were times when we forgot
what humanity means.
Times when we failed to uphold the human rights
of others.
Times when we have denied people their human
rights based on colour, or creed, or gender,
or ability.
But we have progressed from that discrimination
and have recognised that we are all deserving
of equal rights, simply because of who we
are.
We are all human beings and have been since
our lives began.
This means the youngest of us should have
the same rights as the oldest of us, the weakest
should have the same rights as the strongest,
a woman should have the same rights as a man,
the preborn child should have the same rights
as the newborn.
Because human rights are fundamental rights
to which every person is entitled simply because
he or she is a human being.
All human beings have a right to be safe,
the right not to be tortured, the right to
be free.
But one human right is more important than
all of the others - the right to life.
Because if you do not have the right to life,
you cannot have any other rights.
Now, abortion campaigners want you to take
away this right from preborn children. They
are human beings, like you and I, but like
other victims before them their humanity is
being denied to justify their killing.
We do not deny human rights to those who are
smaller, we do not deny human rights to those
who are younger or less developed, we do not
consider those who are dependant on others
to survive as being less deserving of human
rights.
We do not discriminate by taking the right
to life away from those who are sick, and
may not have long to live.
We do not base a person's worth on the circumstances
of their conception.
The humanity of the preborn human cannot be
denied.
Do not deny them their human right to life.
