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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 212 

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

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 7, 2011 

Mr. BROUN of Georgia (for himself, Mr. AKIN, Mr. ALEXANDER, Mr. BARTLETT, Mr. BISHOP of Utah, Mr. CARTER, Mr. CHAFFETZ, Mr. COLE, Mr. 

CONAWAY, Mr. FLEMING, Mr. FORBES, Ms. FOXX, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. GARRETT, Mr. GINGREY of Georgia, Mr. GOHMERT, Mr. 

JONES, Mr. KING of Iowa, Mr. KINGSTON, Mr. KLINE, Mr. LAMBORN, 

Mr. LATTA, Mr. MANZULLO, Mr. MARCHANT, Mr. MCHENRY, Mr. 

MCKINLEY, Mr. MILLER of Florida, Mrs. MYRICK, Mr. NEUGEBAUER, 

Mr. OLSON, Mr. ROE of Tennessee, Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky, Mr. ROGERS of Alabama, Mr. ROONEY, Mr. SCALISE, Mr. SCHOCK, Mr. TERRY, 

Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania, Mr. WESTMORELAND, Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. HERGER, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin, Mr. GARY G. MILLER of California, Mr. ADERHOLT, Mr. BACHUS, Mr. CRAWFORD, Mr. LONG, Mr. PEARCE, Mrs. BLACK, Mr. GIBBS, 

Mr. HUELSKAMP, Mr. LUETKEMEYER, Mr. ROKITA, and Mr. WITTMAN) 

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. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Sanctity of Human 

3 Life Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. DECLARATION. 

5 In the exercise of the powers of the Congress, includ6 ing Congress’ power under article I, section 8 of the Con7 stitution, to make necessary and proper laws, and Con8 gress’ power under section 5 of the 14th article of amend9 ment to the Constitution of the United States— 

10 (1) the Congress declares that— 

11 (A) the right to life guaranteed by the 

12 Constitution is vested in each human being, and 

13 is the paramount and most fundamental right 

14 of a person; and 

15 (B) the life of each human being begins 

16 with fertilization, cloning, or its functional 

17 equivalent, irrespective of sex, health, function 

18 or disability, defect, stage of biological develop19 ment, or condition of dependency, at which time 

20 every human being shall have all the legal and 

21 constitutional attributes and privileges of 

22 personhood; and 

23 (2) the Congress affirms that the Congress, 

24 each State, the District of Columbia, and all United 

25 States territories have the authority to protect the 


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1 lives of all human beings residing in its respective 

2 jurisdictions. 

3 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

4 For purposes of this Act: 

5 (1) FERTILIZATION.—The term ‘‘fertilization’’ 

6 means the process of a human spermatozoan pene7 trating the cell membrane of a human oocyte to cre8 ate a human zygote, a one-celled human embryo, 

9 which is a new unique human being. 

10 (2) CLONING.—The term ‘‘cloning’’ means the 

11 process called somatic cell nuclear transfer, that 

12 combines an enucleated egg and the nucleus of a so13 matic cell to make a human embryo. 

14 (3) HUMAN; HUMAN BEING.—The terms 

15 ‘‘human’’ and ‘‘human being’’ include each and 

16 every member of the species homo sapiens at all 

17 stages of life, beginning with the earliest stage of de18 velopment, created by the process of fertilization, 

19 cloning, or its functional equivalent. 

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