[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2190 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
108th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 2190
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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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
March 10, 2004
Mr. Inhofe introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
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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.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Life at Conception Act''.
SEC. 2. RIGHT TO LIFE.
To implement equal protection for the right to life of each born
and preborn human person, and pursuant to the duty and authority of the
Congress, including Congress' power under article I, section 8, to make
necessary and proper laws, and Congress' power under section 5 of the
14th article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States, the
Congress hereby declares that the right to life guaranteed by the
Constitution is vested in each human being.
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.
For purposes of this Act:
(1) Human person; human being.--The terms ``human person''
and ``human being'' include each and every member of the
species homo sapiens at all stages of life, including, but not
limited to, the moment of fertilization, cloning, and other
moment at which an individual member of the human species comes
into being.
(2) State.--The term ``State'' used in the 14th article of
amendment to the Constitution of the United States and other
applicable provisions of the Constitution includes the District
of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and each other
territory or possession of the United States.
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