To provide that human life shall be deemed to begin with fertilization.

United States115th CongressHR-586House of Representatives
Updated: Feb 6, 2017

Summary

Sanctity of Human Life Act This bill declares that: (1) the right to life guaranteed by the Constitution is vested in each human and is a person's most fundamental right; (2) each human life begins with fertilization, cloning, or its equivalent, at which time every human has all the legal and constitutional attributes and privileges of personhood; and (3) Congress, each state, the District of Columbia, and each U.S. territory have the authority to protect all human lives.

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S-1456: A bill to provide that human life shall be deemed to begin with fertilization.

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

  1. Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

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  2. Introduced in House

  3. Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.

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