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

United States115th CongressS-1456Senate
Updated: Jun 28, 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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HR-586: To provide that human life shall be deemed to begin with fertilization.

Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.

  1. Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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  2. Introduced in Senate

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