S 231
115th Congress
Senate
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Abortion
Constitution and constitutional amendments
Genetics
Life at Conception Act of 2017
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jan 24, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Jan 24, 2017
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Life at Conception Act of 2017
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 bill 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 twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Committees of jurisdiction
1