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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 Jer-
sey, 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. BUR-
TON 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. OBER-
STAR, 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. SES-
SIONS, Mr. CRANE, Mr. DEAL of Georgia, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. PENCE,
Mr. TAYLOR of Mississippi, Mr. ARMEY, Mr. HALL of Texas, Mr. NOR-
WOOD, Mr. WICKER, Mr. AKIN, Mr. BRADY of Texas, Mr. GARY G. MIL-
LER of California, Mr. BARCIA, Mr. DELAY, Mrs. JO ANN DAVIS of Vir-
ginia, 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.
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 ‘‘Born-Alive Infants
Protection Act of 2001’’.
SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF BORN-ALIVE INFANT.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 1 of title 1, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing:
‘‘§ 8. ‘Person’, ‘human being’, ‘child’, and ‘individual’
as including born-alive infant
‘‘(a) In determining the meaning of any Act of Con-
gress, or of any ruling, regulation, or interpretation of the
various administrative bureaus and agencies of the United
States, the words ‘person’, ‘human being’, ‘child’, and ‘in-
dividual’, shall include every infant member of the species
homo sapiens who is born alive at any stage of develop-
ment.
‘‘(b) As used in this section, the term ‘born alive’,
with respect to a member of the species homo sapiens,
means the complete expulsion or extraction from his or
her mother of that member, at any stage of development,
who after such expulsion or extraction breathes or has a
beating heart, pulsation of the umbilical cord, or definite
movement of voluntary muscles, regardless of whether the
umbilical cord has been cut, and regardless of whether the
expulsion or extraction occurs as a result of natural or
induced labor, cesarean section, or induced abortion.
‘‘(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to af-
firm, deny, expand, or contract any legal status or legal
right applicable to any member of the species homo sapi-
ens at any point prior to being ‘born alive’ as defined in
this section.’’.
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections
at the beginning of chapter 1 of title 1, United States
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new
item:
‘‘8. ‘Person’, ‘human being’, ‘child’, and ‘individual’ as including born-alive in-
fant.’’.
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