The 113th United States Congress has introduced legislation that establishes the legal personhood of the preborn child. The bill applies 14th Amendment protections to all human beings from conception.via Pro-Life Wisconsin
On January 3, 2013, U.S. Representative Paul Broun (R-GA) introduced House Resolution (H.R.) 23, the Sanctity of Human Life Act. It has so far been co-sponsored by 18 representatives, including Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, and has been referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. The bill declares that:
1) the right to life guaranteed by the Constitution is vested in each human being, and is the paramount and most fundamental right of a person; and
2) the life of each human being begins with fertilization, cloning, or its functional equivalent, irrespective of sex, health, function or disability, defect, stage of biological development, or condition of dependency, at which time every human being shall have all the legal and constitutional attributes and privileges of personhood.
Click here to view the full text of H.R. 23.
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3 comments:
Honest question, if that legislation cannot pass in Mississippi, what is it that makes people think it can pass in more liberal venues, including the Federal government?
At this point, the sponsorship is more marketing I think than anything else. Yes, at the federal level Democrats have snuffed out any pro-lifers amongst their own so short a miracle it will not pass.
The Republicans have never been serious about this. But if they were, they could tie it to the debt ceiling deal. Let Obama try to hold the debt raising hostage over personhood legislation.
In fact if the Pro-Life groups had their act together, they ought to tell the R's that if they DON'T tie it to the debt deal and make it stick, then the party is over and they form a third party. But the Pro-lifers just don't know how to play hard-ball.
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