250-Year Heartbeat: America’s Semi-Quincentennial and a Re-Declaration of Independence
President of The Justice Foundation, Allan Parker, is available to discuss a sweeping new constitutional declaration arguing that America’s founding documents already recognize an unalienable right to life — and that the nation’s 250th birthday is the perfect moment to reclaim it.
Timed to coincide with the 250th anniversary of the United States Declaration of Independence, Parker and fellow signatories have released the “Declaration of the Right to Life in the U.S. Constitution,” a formal appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States, Congress, and the American people asserting that the Constitution’s Fifth and Fourteenth Amendment “Life Clauses” protect life “from commencement.”
- Declaration argues Constitution already protects life from commencement.
- Initiative coincides with America’s 250th anniversary celebration.
- Cites Fifth and Fourteenth Amendment “Life Clauses.”
- References founders James Wilson and John Witherspoon.
- Calls Supreme Court to recognize the constitutional right to life.
The declaration frames abortion not merely as a political debate, but as a constitutional and civilizational question tied directly to the nation’s founding creed that all people are “endowed by their Creator” with the unalienable right to life. Drawing on originalist constitutional interpretation, the declaration cites founders including James Wilson and John Witherspoon to argue that early American law recognized legal protection for human life from its beginning.
Parker can explain why this effort is designed to move the abortion debate away from shifting political winds and back toward what supporters call the Constitution’s original meaning. He can also discuss why advocates believe America cannot celebrate 250 years of liberty while, in their view, failing to protect the first right named in the Declaration itself: life.
The declaration additionally argues that abortion harms women, children, families, and society as a whole, while pointing to Safe Haven laws and adoption opportunities as alternatives that allow both mother and child to be protected.
As the country prepares for massive celebrations of America’s founding, this initiative seeks to force a larger national question: if the right to life is truly unalienable, when does government’s duty to protect it begin?
Parker is available for interviews on constitutional originalism, the Declaration’s historical claims, the post-Roe legal landscape, and why supporters believe America’s semi-quincentennial should renew debate over the meaning of the nation’s founding promise of “Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”
Relevant Article(s):
Click here for the Declaration of the Right to Life in the U.S. Constitution
OPTIONAL Q&A
- What does the Constitution’s “right to life” actually mean in the context of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments?
- Why launch this declaration specifically during America’s 250th anniversary celebration?
- How do you respond to critics who say the Constitution never explicitly mentions abortion?
- What role does the United States Declaration of Independence play in interpreting constitutional protections today?
- Why do supporters of this declaration believe abortion contradicts America’s founding principles?
- How do Safe Haven laws and adoption alternatives change the broader abortion debate?
- What do you believe the Supreme Court of the United States should do next regarding the “Life Clauses” argument?
- Why do you believe America’s 250th birthday is an important moment for a national moral and constitutional reckoning over life?
ABOUT ALLAN E. PARKER…
Allan Parker, President of The Justice Foundation, was lead counsel for Norma McCorvey, formerly “Roe” of Roe v. Wade, from 2000 to 2012, and Sandra Cano, the “Doe” of Doe v. Bolton, until 2014 in their efforts to overturn the two landmark cases that brought legalized abortion on demand to America.
He filed two Amicus Briefs that contributed to overturning Roe v. Wade and the Dobbs decision.
Mr. Parker received his J.D. degree with high honors from the University of Texas School of Law in 1979. He was an Associate Editor of the Texas Law Review, a Chancellor, Order of the Coif, and Order of Barristers for his outstanding advocacy skills. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Oklahoma with a B.A. in Economics in 1974.
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