Corazon Aquino, The Philippines

As the president of the Philippines, Corazon Aquino signed Proclamation 214 in 1998, declaring every second week in February, “Respect and Care for Life Week.”

She wrote in the order that society must recognize:

“Moral and constitutional obligations to protect human life or one's inherent right to life…frightening losses of innocent human lives by abortion…[and] the value and sacredness of human life.”