In 1444, the declared a right to live "-for nothing existed forever".[32]

Poljica Statute

In 1776, the declared that "all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness".

United States Declaration of Independence

In 1948, the , adopted by the United Nations General Assembly declared in article three:

Universal Declaration of Human Rights


The right to life is considered the most important and first right urged by the European Convention on Human Rights, and it is a right granted to all persons, which makes it necessary in the system of basic human rights and freedoms that this Convention works to protect and preserve.[35]

on the Children's Rights Portal

Right to Life

Address to Midwives on the Nature of Their Profession. Pius XII. October 29, 1951.