HJRES 158
103th Congress
House
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Abortion
Constitutional amendments
State laws
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States with respect to the right to life.
Introduced: March 17, 1993
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Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 22, 1993
Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights.
Mar 18, 1993
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E685-686)
Mar 17, 1993
Referred to the House Committee on Judiciary.
Mar 17, 1993
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Constitutional Amendment - Defines "person" to include the unborn for the purpose of the right to life guarantee the fifth and fourteenth amendments.
Prohibits any unborn person from being deprived of life by any person.
States that nothing in this Act shall prohibit a law allowing justification to be shown for only those medical procedures required to prevent the death of the pregnant woman or her unborn offspring, as long as such law requires every reasonable effort to preserve the life of each.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights.
Committees of jurisdiction
2
Cosponsors
1