Title: Sanctity of Life Act of 2017
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues

Summary:
Sanctity of Life Act of 2017
This bill declares that: (1) human life is deemed to exist from fertilization, without regard to race, sex, age, health, defect, or condition of dependency; and (2) "person" includes all such human life.
The bill recognizes that each state has a compelling interest in protecting the lives of those within the state's jurisdiction whom the state rationally regards as human beings.
The bill amends the federal judicial code to remove Supreme Court and district court jurisdiction to review cases arising out of any statute, ordinance, rule, regulation, or practice, or any act interpreting such a measure on the grounds that such measure: (1) protects the rights of human persons between conception and birth; or (2) prohibits, limits, or regulates the performance of abortions or the provision of public funds, facilities, personnel, or other assistance for abortions.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3676 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3676

  To provide that human life shall be deemed to exist from conception.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 5, 2017

  Mr. Jones introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To provide that human life shall be deemed to exist from conception.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 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 2017''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND DECLARATION.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds that uncontroverted scientific 
evidence has always shown that actual human life exists from the moment 
of conception.
    (b) Declaration.--Upon the basis of these findings, and in the 
exercise of the powers of the Congress, the Congress hereby declares 
that human life shall be deemed to exist from fertilization, without 
regard to race, sex, age, health, defect, or condition of dependency 
and ``person'' shall include all human life as defined herein. Congress 
further recognizes that each State has a compelling interest in 
protecting the lives of those within the State's jurisdiction whom the 
State rationally 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 renumbering any appropriate 
section accordingly:
``Sec. 1261. 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 certiorari, or otherwise, any case arising 
out of any statute, ordinance, 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 performance 
of abortions.''.
    (b) The section analysis of chapter 81 of title 28 is amended by 
adding the following new item:

``1261. 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 accordingly:
``Sec. 1370. Limitations on jurisdiction
    ``Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the district courts 
shall not have jurisdiction of any case or question which the Supreme 
Court does not have jurisdiction to review under section 1261 of this 
title.''.
    (b) The section analysis at the beginning of chapter 85 of title 28 
is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new item:

``1370. Limitations on jurisdiction.''.

SEC. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The provisions of this Act shall take effect immediately upon 
enactment.

SEC. 6. SEVERABILITY.

    If any provision of this Act or the application thereof to any 
person or circumstance is judicially determined to be invalid, the 
validity of the remainder of the Act and the application of such 
provision to other persons and circumstances shall not be affected by 
such determination.
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