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116TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 305
To provide that human life shall be deemed to begin with fertilization.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 8, 2019
Mr. HICE of Georgia (for himself, Mr. CRAWFORD, Mr. DUNCAN, Mr.
GROTHMAN, Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio, Mr. JONES, Mr. KING of Iowa, Mr.
LATTA, Mr. LONG, Mr. MEADOWS, Mr. MOONEY of West Virginia, Mr.
NORMAN, Mr. OLSON, Mr. WITTMAN, Mr. ALLEN, and Mr. AUSTIN
SCOTT of Georgia) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To provide that human life shall be deemed to begin with
fertilization.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Sanctity of Human
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Life Act’’.
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SEC. 2. DECLARATION.
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In the exercise of the powers of the Congress, includ-
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ing Congress’ power under article I, section 8 of the Con-
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stitution, to make necessary and proper laws, and Con-
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gress’ power under section 5 of the 14th article of amend-
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ment to the Constitution of the United States—
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(1) the Congress declares that—
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(A) the right to life guaranteed by the
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Constitution is vested in each human being, and
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is the paramount and most fundamental right
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of a person; and
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(B) the life of each human being begins
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with fertilization, cloning, or its functional
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equivalent, irrespective of sex, health, function
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or disability, defect, stage of biological develop-
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ment, or condition of dependency, at which time
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every human being shall have all the legal and
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constitutional
attributes
and
privileges
of
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personhood; and
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(2) the Congress affirms that the Congress,
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each State, the District of Columbia, and all United
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States territories have the authority to protect the
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lives of all human beings residing in its respective
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jurisdictions.
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SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.
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For purposes of this Act:
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(1) FERTILIZATION.—The term ‘‘fertilization’’
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means the process of a human spermatozoan pene-
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trating the cell membrane of a human oocyte to cre-
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ate a human zygote, a one-celled human embryo,
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which is a new unique human being.
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(2) CLONING.—The term ‘‘cloning’’ means the
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process called somatic cell nuclear transfer, that
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combines an enucleated egg and the nucleus of a so-
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matic cell to make a human embryo.
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(3)
HUMAN;
HUMAN
BEING.—The
terms
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‘‘human’’ and ‘‘human being’’ include each and
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every member of the species homo sapiens at all
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stages of life, beginning with the earliest stage of de-
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velopment, created by the process of fertilization,
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cloning, or its functional equivalent.
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