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2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 722 |
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5 | 5 | | To implement equal protection under the 14th article of amendment to the |
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6 | 6 | | Constitution for the right to life of each born and preborn human person. |
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7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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8 | 8 | | JANUARY24, 2025 |
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9 | 9 | | Mr. B |
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10 | 10 | | URLISON(for himself, Mr. STRONG, Mr. DAVIDSON, Mr. GREENof Ten- |
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11 | 11 | | nessee, Mr. B |
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12 | 12 | | OST, Mr. WEBSTERof Florida, Ms. TENNEY, Mr. |
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13 | 13 | | B |
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14 | 14 | | RECHEEN, Mr. MOOLENAAR, Mr. CLINE, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. |
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16 | 16 | | RRINGTON, Mr. ISSA, Mr. GRAVES, Mr. GUEST, Mr. FEENSTRA, Mr. |
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18 | 18 | | DERHOLT, Mr. COLLINS, Mrs. MILLERof Illinois, Mr. MOOREof Ala- |
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19 | 19 | | bama, Mr. M |
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20 | 20 | | CCORMICK, Ms. HAGEMAN, Mr. CRANE, Mr. HARRISof |
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21 | 21 | | Maryland, Mr. A |
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22 | 22 | | USTINSCOTTof Georgia, Mr. ESTES, Ms. FOXX, Mr. |
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24 | 24 | | ZELL, Mr. JACKSONof Texas, Ms. GREENEof Georgia, Mrs. MILLER |
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25 | 25 | | of West Virginia, Ms. V |
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26 | 26 | | ANDUYNE, Mr. FULCHER, Mr. ELLZEY, Mr. |
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28 | 28 | | UDSON, Mr. CARTERof Texas, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr. KUSTOFF, Mr. |
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29 | 29 | | B |
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30 | 30 | | IGGSof Arizona, Mr. SMITHof Nebraska, Mr. WILLIAMSof Texas, Mr. |
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32 | 32 | | LLEN, Mrs. HARSHBARGER, Mr. WEBERof Texas, Mr. KELLYof Mis- |
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33 | 33 | | sissippi, Mr. O |
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34 | 34 | | GLES, Mr. CLOUD, Mr. OWENS, Mr. FALLON, Mr. ROGERS |
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35 | 35 | | of Alabama, Mr. M |
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36 | 36 | | ESSMER, Mr. KELLYof Pennsylvania, Mr. THOMPSON |
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37 | 37 | | of Pennsylvania, Mr. C |
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38 | 38 | | LYDE, Mr. BABIN, Mr. ROSE, Mr. HARRISof |
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39 | 39 | | North Carolina, Mr. H |
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40 | 40 | | IGGINSof Louisiana, Mr. MORAN, Mrs. BIGGSof |
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41 | 41 | | South Carolina, Mr. M |
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42 | 42 | | OOREof West Virginia, Mr. LOUDERMILK, Mr. |
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44 | 44 | | UTHERFORD, Mr. TONYGONZALESof Texas, Mr. MAST, Mr. PALMER, |
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45 | 45 | | Mr. C |
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46 | 46 | | RANK, and Mr. MCGUIRE) introduced the following bill; which was |
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47 | 47 | | referred to the Committee on the Judiciary |
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48 | 48 | | A BILL |
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49 | 49 | | To implement equal protection under the 14th article of |
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50 | 50 | | amendment to the Constitution for the right to life of |
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51 | 51 | | each born and preborn human person. |
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55 | 55 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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56 | 56 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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57 | 57 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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58 | 58 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Life at Conception 4 |
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59 | 59 | | Act’’. 5 |
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60 | 60 | | SEC. 2. RIGHT TO LIFE. 6 |
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61 | 61 | | To implement equal protection for the right to life 7 |
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62 | 62 | | of each born and preborn human person, and pursuant 8 |
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63 | 63 | | to the duty and authority of the Congress, including Con-9 |
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64 | 64 | | gress’ power under article I, section 8, to make necessary 10 |
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65 | 65 | | and proper laws, and Congress’ power under section 5 of 11 |
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66 | 66 | | the 14th article of amendment to the Constitution of the 12 |
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67 | 67 | | United States, the Congress hereby declares that the right 13 |
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68 | 68 | | to life guaranteed by the Constitution is vested in each 14 |
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69 | 69 | | human being. However, nothing in this Act shall be con-15 |
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70 | 70 | | strued to authorize the prosecution of any woman for the 16 |
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71 | 71 | | death of her unborn child. 17 |
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72 | 72 | | SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 18 |
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73 | 73 | | For purposes of this Act: 19 |
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74 | 74 | | (1) H |
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75 | 75 | | UMAN PERSON ; HUMAN BEING .—The 20 |
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76 | 76 | | terms ‘‘human person’’ and ‘‘human being’’ include 21 |
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77 | 77 | | each and every member of the species homo sapiens 22 |
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78 | 78 | | at all stages of life, including the moment of fer-23 |
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79 | 79 | | tilization, cloning, or other moment at which an indi-24 |
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83 | 83 | | vidual member of the human species comes into 1 |
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84 | 84 | | being. 2 |
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85 | 85 | | (2) S |
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86 | 86 | | TATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ used in the 3 |
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87 | 87 | | 14th article of amendment to the Constitution of the 4 |
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88 | 88 | | United States and other applicable provisions of the 5 |
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89 | 89 | | Constitution includes the District of Columbia, the 6 |
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90 | 90 | | Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and each other terri-7 |
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91 | 91 | | tory or possession of the United States. 8 |
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