Sanctity of Human Life Act

Bill: 115-hr-586
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Hice, Jody B. [R-GA-10]
Introduced: 2017-01-17
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Abortion
Latest action: action_date: 2017-02-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-01-17
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Sanctity of Human Life Act</b></p> <p>This bill declares that: (1) the right to life guaranteed by the Constitution is vested in each human and is a person's most fundamental right; (2) each human life begins with fertilization, cloning, or its equivalent, at which time every human has all the legal and constitutional attributes and privileges of personhood; and (3) Congress, each state, the District of Columbia, and each U.S. territory have the authority to protect all human lives.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 586 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 17, 2017 Mr. Jody B. Hice of Georgia (for himself, Mr. Allen , Mr. Carter of Georgia , Mr. Collins of Georgia , Mr. Crawford , Mr. Duncan of South Carolina , Mr. Farenthold , Mr. Ferguson , Mr. Franks of Arizona , Mr. Graves of Georgia , Mr. Grothman , Mr. Johnson of Ohio , Mr. Latta , Mr. Long , Mr. Loudermilk , Mr. Olson , Mr. Roe of Tennessee , Mr. Russell , Mr. Austin Scott of Georgia , Mr. Wilson of South Carolina , and Mr. Woodall ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To provide that human life shall be deemed to begin with fertilization.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Sanctity of Human Life Act . 2. Declaration In the exercise of the powers of the Congress, including Congress’ power under article I, section 8 of the Constitution, to make necessary and proper laws, and Congress’ power under section 5 of the 14th article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States— (1) the Congress declares that— (A) the right to life guaranteed by the Constitution is vested in each human being, and is the paramount and most fundamental right of a person; and (B) the life of each human being begins with fertilization, cloning, or its functional equivalent, irrespective of sex, health, function or disability, defect, stage of biological development, or condition of dependency, at which time every human being shall have all the legal and constitutional attributes and privileges of personhood; and (2) the Congress affirms that the Congress, each State, the District of Columbia, and all United States territories have the authority to protect the lives of all human beings residing in its respective jurisdictions. 3. Definitions For purposes of this Act: (1) Fertilization The term fertilization means the process of a human spermatozoan penetrating the cell membrane of a human oocyte to create a human zygote, a one-celled human embryo, which is a new unique human being. (2) Cloning The term cloning means the process called somatic cell nuclear transfer, that combines an enucleated egg and the nucleus of a somatic cell to make a human embryo. (3) Human; human being The terms human and human being include each and every member of the species homo sapiens at all stages of life, beginning with the earliest stage of development, created by the process of fertilization, cloning, or its functional equivalent.