S 2464
114th Congress
Senate
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Abortion
Constitution and constitutional amendments
Genetics
Life at Conception Act of 2016
Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jan 26, 2016
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 353.
Jan 21, 2016
Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
Jan 21, 2016
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Life at Conception Act of 2016
This bill declares that the right to life guaranteed by the Constitution is vested in each human being at all stages of life, including the moment of fertilization, cloning, or other moment at which an individual comes into being.
Nothing in this Act shall be construed to require the prosecution of any woman for the death of her unborn child, a prohibition on in vitro fertilization, or a prohibition on use of birth control or another means of preventing fertilization.
What's happening now
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 353.