Recognizing the Unborn Act of 2021

To replace references to fetus unborn child 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the “ Recognizing the Unborn Act of 2021 2. Amendments to Federal law to reference unborn children (a) Definition Chapter 1 9. Definition of unborn child In determining the meaning of any Act of Congress, the term unborn child child in utero child, who is in utero . (b) Clerical amendment The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 8 the following new item: 9. Definition of unborn child . (c) Conforming amendments (1) Title 10, United States Code Section 1093 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking fetus unborn child (2) Title 18, United States Code Title 18, United States Code, is amended— (A) in section 1531, by striking fetus unborn child (B) in section 4322(f)(1)(C), by striking fetus unborn child (3) Internal Revenue Code of 1986 Section 9802(g) (A) in the heading, by striking a fetus an unborn child (B) in paragraph (1), by striking fetus unborn child (4) Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 Section 702(f) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ( 29 U.S.C. 1182(f) (A) in the heading, by striking a Fetus an unborn child (B) in paragraph (1), by striking fetus unborn child (5) National Organ Transplant Act Section 301(c)(1) of the National Organ Transplant Act ( 42 U.S.C. 274e(c)(1) a fetus an unborn child (6) Public Health Service Act (A) Title IV of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 281 et seq. (i) in section 464N(c)(2)(G), by striking fetuses unborn children (ii) in section 498— (I) by striking fetus unborn child (II) by striking fetuses unborn children (iii) in section 498A(g), by striking fetus unborn child (iv) in section 498B(c)— (I) in the heading, by striking Fetuses Unborn Children (II) in paragraph (2), by striking fetus unborn child (B) Title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 300gg et seq. (i) in section 2705(f)— (I) in the heading, by striking a Fetus an unborn child (II) in paragraph (1), by striking fetus unborn child (ii) in section 2753(f)— (I) in the heading, by striking a Fetus an unborn child (II) in paragraph (1), by striking fetus unborn child (7) Social Security Act Section 1882(x)(4) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395ss(x)(4) (A) in the heading, by striking a fetus an unborn child (B) in subparagraph (A), by striking fetus unborn child (8) Child Nutrition Act of 1986 Section 17(b)(11) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 ( 42 U.S.C. 1786(b)(11) fetuses unborn children (9) Civil Rights Act of 1964 Section 701(k) of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ( 42 U.S.C. 2000e(k) fetus unborn child (10) Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 Section 209(b) of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 ( 42 U.S.C. 2000ff–8(b) (A) in the heading, by striking a Fetus an unborn child (B) in paragraph (1), by striking fetus unborn child

Summary: Recognizing the Unborn Act of 2021 This bill replaces the term fetus with unborn child throughout federal law, including provisions relating to abortions and medical research. The bill also creates a default statutory definition for unborn child: a child in utero, or a member of the species Homo sapiens, at any stage of development, who is carried in the womb.