Rand Paul 2016 (Senate Re-elect)

"Sen. Rand Paul Stands Up for Life" +
  2:10 video from June 20, 2014, shown at the FFC's "Road to Majority" Conference

[Music, heart beating sound]

TEXT: She can't talk yet. 
But in the beating of her tiny heart...
the question is heard loud & clear.

Sen. Rand Paul (undated C-SPAN clip from anti-abortion rally): I have a question.  Can a nation conceived conceived in liberty carry its head high if it denies protection to the youngest and most vulnerable of its citizens?  Can a country founded on God-given rights continue to thrive without understanding that life is a precious gift from our Creator?  I believe that great nations and great civilizations spring from a people who have a moral compass.

Sen. Rand Paul (clip from 2011 Voter Values Summit): I don't think a civilization can long endure if it does not have respect for all human life born and not yet born. [applause]

Sen. Rand Paul (audio): As a physician I have looked into the eyes of one-pound babies.  I have cradled their small bodies in the palm of one hand.  I defy those who are careless, who would disregard life...

TEXT: Will we speak for her?

Sen. Rand Paul (audio): ...look at these tiny miracles and say we're not going to protect that.

TEXT: What will history say of us...
...if we stay silent?

Sen. Rand Paul (audio): But I believe there will come a time when we are all judged on whether or not we took a stand in defense of all life from the moment of conception until our last natural breath.

Sen. Rand Paul (clip from 2011 Voter Values Summit): As a teenager I gave my first public speech in my church.

TEXT: Will you speak out?

My hands shook; my heart pounded.  I thought to myself, I can't do this.  But somehow I did, and because I wanted to talk about things that were important, I persisted.  I chided my church, as a senior in high school, for not seeming to care about the not-yet-born, for looking the other way and for not taking a stand on life.

Sen. Rand Paul (audio) [heart beating]: I will be in earnest.  I will not equivocate and I will not excuse.  I will not retreat an inch and I will be heard.

TEXT: Will you stand?

Sen. Rand Paul (audio): One thing I promise you, I will always take a stand for life.



Notes:  This video introduced Sen. Paul for his speech at the FFC's "Road to Majority" Conference.