HJRES 26
104th Congress
House
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Abortion
Constitutional amendments
Due process of law
Law
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States with respect to the right to life.
Introduced: January 4, 1995
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jan 25, 1995
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
Jan 4, 1995
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Jan 4, 1995
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Constitutional Amendment - Defines "person" to include the unborn for the purpose of the right to life guarantee of the fifth and fourteenth amendments.
Prohibits any unborn person from being deprived of life by any person.
States that nothing in this Amendment 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 the Constitution.
Committees of jurisdiction
2
Cosponsors
1