Bill Text: TX HCR57 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Expressing the legislature's position that life begins at conception.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-02-18 - Referred to State Affairs [HCR57 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HCR57-Introduced.html
| 82R7405 CBE-F | ||
| By: Landtroop | H.C.R. No. 57 | |
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| WHEREAS, Living beings possess identifiable properties | ||
| through which "life," as given by God, can be defined, including a | ||
| complex organization, a metabolism, a responsiveness to stimuli, | ||
| and an ability to grow and adapt to the environment; and | ||
| WHEREAS, All men are endowed by their Creator with certain | ||
| unalienable rights; the development of a human life is set in motion | ||
| from the moment of fertilization, when genetic information is | ||
| gathered inside a cell; and | ||
| WHEREAS, In both the Penal Code and the Civil Practice and | ||
| Remedies Code, state law already provides protection for "an unborn | ||
| child at every stage of gestation from fertilization until birth"; | ||
| and | ||
| WHEREAS, Protecting the lives of individuals as willed by | ||
| their Creator is an important responsibility of government, and the | ||
| policy of this state is to protect life at every stage, including | ||
| from fertilization to birth; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the 82nd Legislature of the State of Texas | ||
| hereby formally express its position that the life of an individual | ||
| begins at conception. | ||
