US Congress Senate Bill 231 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 12)
Status: Introduced on January 24 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-01-24 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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.

Life at Conception Act of 2017

Sen. Rand Paul [R-KY]	Sen. James Risch [R-ID]	Sen. Mike Rounds [R-SD]	Sen. Mike Crapo [R-ID]
Sen. Tim Scott [R-SC]	Sen. John Thune [R-SD]	Sen. David Perdue [R-GA]	Sen. James Inhofe [R-OK]
Sen. John Boozman [R-AR]	Sen. John Kennedy [R-LA]	Sen. Roger Wicker [R-MS]	Sen. John Hoeven [R-ND]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-01-24	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

HB681 (Related) 2017-01-24 - Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/231/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/s231/BILLS-115s231is.pdf