President Trump Includes Pre-Born in "Child Abuse Prevention Month" Declaration

Calvin Freiburger : Apr 5, 2018
Lifesitenews.com

The president's declaration states that all children are "blessings from our Creator" that have been "endowed from conception with value, purpose, and human dignity."

(Washington, DC)—[Lifesitenews.com] Declaring every child a "precious and unique gift," President Donald Trump has officially identified April 2018 as National Child Abuse Prevention Month. (Photo: Donald Trump during a February 28, 2017 speech/White House/Flickr/via LSN)

Notably, the proclamation expressly includes the preborn, stating that all children are "blessings from our Creator" that have been "endowed from conception with value, purpose, and human dignity."

"When supported by encouraging families and safe, strong communities, all children have the chance to reach their full potential and access the unlimited opportunities that our great Nation has to offer," the presidential proclamation reads. "To realize this truth, we must dedicate ourselves to the noble cause of protecting and caring for our children."

To that end, Trump called on the American people to "invest in the lives of our Nation's children, to be aware of their safety and well-being, and to support efforts that promote their psychological, physical, and emotional development."

Therefore, it continues, every American has a "civic and moral responsibility" to help guide children "toward a future full of hope and promise."

The president cited statistics indicating that approximately a quarter of all children are abused or neglected globally, and that the lifetime costs of treatment for a single year's worth of U.S. abuse and neglect cases comes to approximately $124 billion.

To alleviate these numbers, the proclamation encourages Americans to better familiarize themselves with, and carefully watch for, signs of child abuse. These signs can include abrupt changes in a child's behavior, lack of treatment for physical injuries or medical problems, and children displaying a constant alertness in anticipation of bad things happening...

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