HJRES 380
97th Congress
House
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Abortion
Abortion, Birth Control, and Family Planning
Constitution and constitutional amendments
Constitutional amendments
Women's rights
A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States with respect to the right to life.
Introduced: December 16, 1981
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 23, 1981
Referred to Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights.
Dec 16, 1981
Referred to House Committee on The Judiciary.
Dec 16, 1981
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Constitutional Amendment - States that for the purposes of the fifth and fourteenth amendments to the Constitution, the word "person" applies to all human beings without regard to age, health, function, or condition of dependency.
Declares that no unborn person shall be deprived of life by any person, but permits a law allowing justification to be shown for medical procedures required to prevent the death of the pregnant woman or her unborn offspring, if this law requires every reasonable effort to be made to preserve the life of each.
What's happening now
Referred to Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights.
Committees of jurisdiction
2
Cosponsors
1