Thousands of marchers are expected to take to the streets of Washington, D.C. today, a day where 43 years ago on Jan. 22, the Supreme Court took the issue of abortion "out of the people's hands in order to impose its own view." And,
according to a Fox News op-ed, Jeb Bush says he's "proud to stand" with the marchers and applauds "their noble cause."
According to Bush, Friday's March for Life is also "a march for democracy: for the right to use democratic means to advance justice."
And, while many of Bush's counterparts strongly disagree with his stance on abortion, Jeb wrote: "As president, I would move, through patient persuasion, toward protecting more and more unborn children from abortion."
He added, "Many of my fellow citizens disagree with that goal, of course, but I think most Americans can agree that we should at least protect unborn children at 20 weeks of development, when they may be able to feel pain."
While nearly all European countries have already enacted these laws protecting children at such an early stage, Jeb writes that we should join them and adds that Americans should not be forced to fund organizations who perform abortions, such as Planned Parenthood, if they are opposed to the organization and their procedures.
"Taxpayers should not be the largest source of funding for the organization that performs the most abortions than any other entity in our country," Bush wrote.
Bush also touted his success on the issue of abortion while he was the governor of Florida.
His list of achievements include: banning partial-birth abortion, requiring parental notification before minors could have abortions, made sure clinics are up to par in basic health and safety standards, required women who were considering an abortion after their first trimester to review an ultrasound, ended Medicaid for abortion and obtained funding from Florida's "Choose Life" license plates.
Ultimately, Bush says, it was these measures that "helped us bring the abortion rate in our state down twice as fast as the national average" and "more than doubled the number of adoptions in our state."
"Government exists first and foremost to protect our rights and our lives. That's the conservative philosophy. It's also the philosophy of our Declaration of Independence, which declares that we have God-given rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
"The right to life comes first because it is the most fundamental of our rights, the one without which we cannot enjoy the others."
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