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