Sanctity of Human Life Day

“For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.” – Psalms 139:13-14

This year the Sanctity of Human Life Day will be nationally observed on Sunday, January 18th. As you know we are pro-life every day in what we believe and what we stand for at Kentucky Family Association, but historically President Ronald Reagan issued a presidential proclamation on January 13, 1984, designating Sunday, January 22, 1984 as National Sanctity of Human Life Day. A pro-life observance counter to the Roe v. Wade decision, in which the Supreme Court issued a ruling that guaranteed women access to abortion.

While we are strong supporters of protecting life in the womb, and we will always continue to do so. We must also recognize that our society is increasingly making choices based on not wanting to be inconvenienced, as has often been the case with abortion. Not wanting to be inconvenienced or burdened is also revealing itself in the practice of "assisted suicide" being performed in various places that we know of like Canada. Other parts of the world are attempting to legalize these measures like in Scottland.

Here in the United states we believe that the oath taken to "preserve and protect the sanctity of human life" should be upheld and we are attempting to get this reinforced with the Healthcare Hero's Recruitment and Retention Act. You too can show your support for that legislation at this link here.

Lives have also been cut short in many cases when it is profitable for someone to do so. We have seen profits as motivation to normalize practices that are not pro-human life. I realize that this may be controversial, but I believe that we could point to cases during COVID where this was true. Affordable and proven medications like Ivermectin and Hydroxychloroquine were not permitted for treatment, but rather other protocols that were very profitable to the hospitals were mandated instead.

Another area that we need to shed some light on is in the area of organ harvesting. We have maybe heard horrific stories about these practices in foreign countries where there is a black market for human organs. Here in the United States, many of you may have registered to become organ donors, thinking that you are giving someone else an opportunity to extend their life after you are gone. And I am sure that you mean well, and that your heart is in the right place, but recently it has been revealed that there may be some areas of concern as to the process to procuring organs for donation. We all would do ourselves a service to learn more about the ins and outs of the organ donation programs. Take for example this Kentucky man who showed signs of life on the way to the operating room where he was going to donate his organs. He opened his eyes and eventually went home.

If this idea of the definition of "brain death" being a misnomer is concerning to you, we encourage you, as you may be observing the annual national observance of Sanctity of Human Life Day to consider attending the Kentucky Doctor's for Life Celebration 2026 where we will share more information on this topic. We encourage you to SAVE THE DATE, Saturday August 1, 2026@ noon for this "eye opening" presentation.