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Revisiting Ronald Reagan’s 1983 essay ‘Abortion and the Conscience of the Nation.’
In the 1980 presidential election, Ronald Reagan defeated President Jimmy Carter in a landslide victory, amassing 489 electoral votes to become America’s 40th president. Four years later, he was re-elected, defeating Walter Mondale, carrying 525 electoral votes. Reagan captured every state except Minnesota, Mondale’s home state.
In the decade of the ’80s, Reagan was truly America’s president. It might be said that he personified the conscience of the country he was chosen to lead. Three years into his first term, he wrote Abortion and the Conscience of the Nation, in which he stated his firm commitment to the sanctity of life. That included those human beings residing in their mothers’ wombs.
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In the 1980 presidential election, Ronald Reagan defeated President Jimmy Carter in a landslide victory, amassing 489 electoral votes to become America’s 40th president. Four years later, he was re-elected, defeating Walter Mondale, carrying 525 electoral votes. Reagan captured every state except Minnesota, Mondale’s home state.
In the decade of the ’80s, Reagan was truly America’s president. It might be said that he personified the conscience of the country he was chosen to lead. Three years into his first term, he wrote Abortion and the Conscience of the Nation, in which he stated his firm commitment to the sanctity of life. That included those human beings residing in their mothers’ wombs.
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The Radical Change in the Conscience of America
COMMENTARY: Revisiting Ronald Reagan’s 1983 essay ‘Abortion and the Conscience of the Nation.’