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<p>Paraphrasing one of America’s founding documents: “We hold these truths to be self-evident: That all human beings are created equal and are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, among which is the right to life…”</p>
<p>Abortion is an issue most Americans don’t think about, only knowing whether they lean pro-choice or pro-life, or perhaps somewhere in the middle.  It is a hotly political argument, and one that is usually avoided.  Regarding abortion itself,  they usually feel it has no direct impact on them or their life. <span class="post-teaser-more">&nbsp;<a href="http://heartsunitedforlife.com/?p=479" title="Permanent Link: March &#8211; 2013" rel="bookmark">Read more...</a> <i>(901 words, estimated 3:36  mins reading time)</i></span></p>

<div class="post-teaser-block">This is a preview of <q>March &#8211; 2013</q>. <a href="http://heartsunitedforlife.com/?p=479" title="Permanent Link: March &#8211; 2013" rel="bookmark">Read the full post (901 words, estimated 3:36  mins reading time)</a></div>{"id":479,"date":"2013-03-17T21:30:35","date_gmt":"2013-03-18T01:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/heartsunitedforlife.com\/?p=479"},"modified":"2013-08-15T20:15:51","modified_gmt":"2013-08-16T00:15:51","slug":"march-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/heartsunitedforlife.com\/?p=479","title":{"rendered":"March &#8211; 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Paraphrasing one of America\u2019s founding documents: \u201cWe hold these truths to be self-evident: That all human beings are created equal and are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, among which is the right to life\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Abortion is an issue most Americans don\u2019t think about, only knowing whether they lean pro-choice or pro-life, or perhaps somewhere in the middle.\u00a0 It is a hotly political argument, and one that is usually avoided.\u00a0 Regarding abortion itself, \u00a0they usually feel it has no direct impact on them or their life. <span class=\"post-teaser-more\">&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/heartsunitedforlife.com\/?p=479\" title=\"Permanent Link: March &#8211; 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