A RESOLUTION TO MAKE WASKOM, TEXAS A
“SANCTUARY CITY FOR THE UNBORN”
WHEREAS, the Declaration of Independence, the founding document of the United
States of America, states, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are
created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights,
that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of happiness.” Life being the first of
these declared rights; and
WHEREAS, the preamble of the United States Constitutions “secure[s] all of the
blessing of Liberty to ourselves and our ‘Posterity’”, which is defined as “Descendants;
children, children’s children, etc. indefinitely…” and “in a general sense, succeeding
generations…” (Webster’s American Dictionary of the English Language, 1828); and
WHEREAS, said Constitution states in the 14th Amendment, “No State shall make or
enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United
States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty or property, without due
process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the
laws” (emphasis ours); and
WHEREAS, as recently as March 2017, the American College of Pediatricians
published an Abstract stating that “The predominance of human biological research
confirms that human life begins at conception - fertilization. At fertilization, the human
being emerges genetically distinct, individuated zygotic living human organism, a
member of the species Homo sapiens, needing only the proper environment to grow
and develop. The difference between the individual in its adult state and in its zygotic
state is one of form, not nature”; and
WHEREAS, each and every innocent human life is unique and precious to God; and
WHEREAS, human life begins at the moment of conception and continues,
uninterrupted, until the moment of natural death; and
WHEREAS, innocent human life must always be protected and preserved; and
WHEREAS, the protection of all human life is important to the people of the City of
Waskom; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL AS THE
GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF WASKOM, TEXAS, that we declare that
innocent human life, including fetal life at every stage of gestation, must always be
protected and that Society must protect those who cannot protect themselves.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the City Council that it declare its opposition to any
compromise by the Texas Legislature on abortion.