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107TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2175

To protect infants who are born alive.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JUNE 14, 2001

Mr. CHABOT (for himself, Mrs. MYRICK, Ms. HART, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. WELLER, Mr. GREEN of Wisconsin, Mr. SHOWS, Mr. WOLF, Mr.

PICKERING, Mr. BAKER, Mr. PHELPS, Mr. MICA, Mr. ISTOOK, Mr.

WELDON of Florida, Mr. TIBERI, Mr. DOOLITTLE, Mr. DEMINT, Mr.

HANSEN, Mr. WAMP, Mr. LARGENT, Mr. ENGLISH, Mr. RILEY, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland, Mr. PAUL, Mr. BACHUS,

Mr. VITTER, Mr. CANTOR, Mr. ADERHOLT, Mr. TERRY, Mr. HAYES, Mr.

LEWIS of Kentucky, Mr. OXLEY, Mr. COLLINS, Mr. KELLER, Mr. OBERSTAR, Mr. SOUDER, Mr. POMBO, Mr. CAMP, Mr. HOSTETTLER, Mr.

GOODLATTE, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. HILLEARY, Mr. STEARNS, Mr. THUNE,

Mr. BLUNT, Mr. LUCAS of Kentucky, Mr. PITTS, Mr. HYDE, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. CRANE, Mr. DEAL of Georgia, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. PENCE,

Mr. TAYLOR of Mississippi, Mr. ARMEY, Mr. HALL of Texas, Mr. NORWOOD, Mr. WICKER, Mr. AKIN, Mr. BRADY of Texas, Mr. GARY G. MILLER of California, Mr. BARCIA, Mr. DELAY, Mrs. JO ANN DAVIS of Virginia, Mr. PORTMAN, Mr. EVERETT, Mr. GRAVES, Mr. CANNON, Mr.

TIAHRT, Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin, Mr. NEY, Mr. ROGERS of Michigan,

Mrs. EMERSON, and Mr. KING) introduced the following bill; which was

referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

A BILL

To protect infants who are born alive.

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 ‘‘Born-Alive Infants

3 Protection Act of 2001’’.

4 SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF BORN-ALIVE INFANT.

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 1 of title 1, United

6 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol7 lowing:

8 ‘‘§ 8. ‘Person’, ‘human being’, ‘child’, and ‘individual’

9 as including born-alive infant

10 ‘‘(a) In determining the meaning of any Act of Con11 gress, or of any ruling, regulation, or interpretation of the

12 various administrative bureaus and agencies of the United

13 States, the words ‘person’, ‘human being’, ‘child’, and ‘in14 dividual’, shall include every infant member of the species

15 homo sapiens who is born alive at any stage of develop16 ment.

17 ‘‘(b) As used in this section, the term ‘born alive’,

18 with respect to a member of the species homo sapiens,

19 means the complete expulsion or extraction from his or

20 her mother of that member, at any stage of development,

21 who after such expulsion or extraction breathes or has a

22 beating heart, pulsation of the umbilical cord, or definite

23 movement of voluntary muscles, regardless of whether the

24 umbilical cord has been cut, and regardless of whether the

25 expulsion or extraction occurs as a result of natural or

26 induced labor, cesarean section, or induced abortion.
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1 ‘‘(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to af2 firm, deny, expand, or contract any legal status or legal

3 right applicable to any member of the species homo sapi4 ens at any point prior to being ‘born alive’ as defined in

5 this section.’’.

6 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections

7 at the beginning of chapter 1 of title 1, United States

8 Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new

9 item:

‘‘8. ‘Person’, ‘human being’, ‘child’, and ‘individual’ as including born-alive infant.’’.

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