[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 9 Introduced in House (IH)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 9

 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States with 
                     respect to the right to life.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 7, 2003

   Mrs. Emerson introduced the following joint resolution; which was 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                            JOINT RESOLUTION


 
 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States with 
                     respect to the right to life.

    Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled (two-thirds of each House 
concurring therein), That the following article is proposed as an 
amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which shall be 
valid only when ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the 
several States within seven years after the date of final passage of 
this joint resolution:

                              ``Article--

    ``Section 1. With respect to the right to life, the word `person' 
as used in this article and in the fifth and fourteenth articles of 
amendment applies to all human beings irrespective of age, health, 
function, or condition of dependency, including their unborn offspring 
at every state of their biological development.
    ``Section 2. No unborn person shall be deprived of life by any 
person: Provided, however, That nothing in this article shall prohibit 
a law permitting only those medical procedures required to prevent the 
death of the mother of an unborn person: Provided further, That nothing 
in this article shall limit the liberty of a mother with respect to the 
unborn offspring of the mother conceived as a result of rape or incest.
    ``Section 3. The Congress and the several States shall have power 
to enforce this article by appropriate legislation''.
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