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104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2087
To provide that human life shall be deemed to exist from conception.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 20, 1995
Mr. STOCKMAN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To provide that human life shall be deemed to exist from
conception.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Sanctity of Life Act
of 1995’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND DECLARATION.
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds—
(1) that present day scientific evidence indicates
a significant likelihood that actual human life exists
from conception; and
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(2) that the fourteenth amendment to the Con-
stitution of the United States was intended to pro-
tect all human beings.
(b) DECLARATION.—Upon the basis of these find-
ings, and in the exercise of the powers of the Congress,
including its power under section 5 of the fourteenth
amendment to the Constitution of the United States, the
Congress hereby declares that for the purpose of enforcing
the obligation of the States under the fourteenth amend-
ment not to deprive persons of life without due process
of law, human life shall be deemed to exist from concep-
tion, without regard to race, sex, age, health, defect, or
condition of dependency; and for this purpose ‘‘person’’
shall include all human life as defined herein. Congress
further recognizes that each State has a compelling inter-
est, independent of the status of the unborn children
under the fourteenth amendment, in protecting the lives
of those within the State’s jurisdiction whom the State ra-
tionally regards as human beings.
SEC. 3. LIMITATION ON JURISDICTION.
(a) Chapter 81 of title 28, United States Code, is
amended by adding the following new section and renum-
bering any appropriate section accordingly:
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‘‘§ 1260. Appellate jurisdiction; limitations
‘‘Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 1253,
1254, and 1257 of this chapter, the Supreme Court shall
not have jurisdiction to review, by appeal, writ of certio-
rari, or otherwise, any case arising out of any statute, or-
dinance, rule, regulation, practice, or any part thereof, or
arising out of any Act interpreting, applying, enforcing,
or effecting any statute, ordinance, rule, regulation, or
practice, on the grounds that such statute, ordinance, rule,
regulation, practice, act, or part thereof (1) protects the
rights of human persons between conception and birth, or
(2) prohibits, limits, or regulates (A) the performance of
abortions or (B) the provision of public expense of funds,
facilities, personnel, or other assistance for the perform-
ance of abortions.’’.
(b) The section analysis of chapter 81 of title 28 is
amended by adding the following new item:
1260. ‘‘Appellate jurisdiction; limitations.’’.
SEC. 4. LIMITATION ON JURISDICTION.
(a) Chapter 85 of title 28, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end thereof the following new
section and renumbering any appropriate section accord-
ingly:
‘‘§ 1365. Limitations on jurisdiction
‘‘Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the dis-
trict courts shall not have jurisdiction of any case or ques-