America at 250: Still funding its largest abortion provider

As America 250 celebrations begin across the country, people will gather to mark the nation’s semiquincentennial. In doing so, we celebrate July 4, 1776 — the moment the great American experiment was conceived.

Notice what we do not celebrate. We do not mark America’s birthday from the day its government was formed, the day the Articles of Confederation were ratified, the day George Washington took the oath of office, or even the day the Revolutionary War was won. We celebrate the Declaration of Independence — the moment the idea of America was first brought into existence. The Fourth of July is not a celebration of America’s maturity, but of its beginning. Its conception.