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104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1625
To protect the right to life of each born and preborn human person in
existence at fertilization.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 12, 1995
Mr. DORNAN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To protect the right to life of each born and preborn human
person in existence at fertilization.
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 ‘‘Right to Life Act of
1995’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds that—
(1) we, as a Nation, have declared that the
unalienable right to life endowed by Our Creator is
guaranteed by our Constitution for each human per-
son;
(2) the Supreme Court, in Roe v. Wade (410
U.S. 113 at 159), stated: ‘‘We need not resolve the
difficult question of when life begins . . . the judici-
ary at this point in the development of man’s knowl-
edge, is not in a position to speculate as to the an-
swer . . .’’;
(3) the Supreme Court, in Roe v. Wade (410
U.S. 113 at 156–157), stated: ‘‘If this suggestion of
personhood is established, the appellant’s case, of
course, collapses, for the fetus’ right to life is then
guaranteed specifically by the [Fourteenth] Amend-
ment . . .’’;
(4) the Supreme Court, in Roe v. Wade stated
that the privacy right is not absolute, and stated
(410 U.S. 113, at 159) that: ‘‘The pregnant woman
cannot be isolated in her privacy. She carries an em-
bryo and, later, a fetus. . . . The woman’s privacy
is no longer sole and any right of privacy she pos-
sesses must be measured accordingly.’’;
(5) a human father and mother beget a human
offspring when the father’s sperm fertilizes the
mother’s ovum, and the life of each preborn human
person begins at fertilization;
(6) there is no justification for any Federal,
State, or private action intentionally to kill an inno-
cent born or preborn human person, and that Fed-
eral, State, and private action must assure equal
care and protection for the right to life of both a
pregnant mother and her preborn child in existence
at fertilization;
(7) Americans and our society suffer from the
evils of killing even one innocent born or preborn
human person, and each day suffer the torture and
slaughter of an estimated 4,000 preborn persons;
(8) the intentional killing of preborn human
persons occurs in Federal enclaves, in interstate
commerce activities, and in the States, estimated at
1,500,000 per year and 33,000,000 since 1973; and
(9) the violence of intentionally killing a
preborn human person has provoked more violence,
carnage, and conflict reaching into homes, schools,
churches, workplaces and lives of Americans.
SEC. 3. RIGHT TO LIFE.
Upon the basis of these findings and in the exercise
of duty, authority, and powers of the Congress, including
its power under Article I, Section 8, to make necessary
and proper laws, and including its power under section
5 of the 14th article of amendment to the Constitution
of the United States, the Congress hereby declares that
the right to life guaranteed by the Constitution is vested
in each human being at fertilization.
SEC. 4. DEFINITION OF STATE.
For the purposes of this Act, the term ‘‘State’’ used
in the 14th article of amendment to the Constitution of
the United States and other applicable provisions of the
Constitution includes the District of Columbia, the Com-
monwealth of Puerto Rico, and each other territory or pos-
session of the United States.
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