[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 583 Placed on Calendar Senate (PCS)]

                                                        Calendar No. 30
113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 583

 To implement equal protection under the 14th article of amendment to 
 the Constitution for the right to life of each born and preborn human 
                                person.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 14, 2013

Mr. Paul (for himself, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Boozman, Mr. Burr, 
   Mr. Coats, Mr. Coburn, Mr. Enzi, Mrs. Fischer, Mr. Grassley, Mr. 
 Hoeven, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Moran, Mr. Risch, Mr. Thune, and Mr. Johanns) 
      introduced the following bill; which was read the first time

                             March 18, 2013

            Read the second time and placed on the calendar

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                                 A BILL


 
 To implement equal protection under the 14th article of amendment to 
 the Constitution for the right to life of each born and preborn human 
                                person.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Life at Conception Act of 2013''.

SEC. 2. RIGHT TO LIFE.

    To implement equal protection for the right to life of each born 
and preborn human person, and pursuant to the duty and authority of the 
Congress, including Congress' power under article I, section 8, to make 
necessary and proper laws, and Congress' power under section 5 of the 
14th article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States, the 
Congress hereby declares that the right to life guaranteed by the 
Constitution is vested in each human being. Nothing in this Act shall 
be construed to require the prosecution of any woman for the death of 
her unborn child.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Human person; human being.--The terms ``human person'' 
        and ``human being'' include each member of the species homo 
        sapiens at all stages of life, including the moment of 
        fertilization, cloning, or other moment at which an individual 
        member of the human species comes into being.
            (2) State.--The term ``State'', and as used in the 14th 
        article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States 
        and other applicable provisions of the Constitution, includes 
        the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and 
        each other territory or possession of the United States.
                                                        Calendar No. 30

113th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                                 S. 583

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                                 A BILL

 To implement equal protection under the 14th article of amendment to 
 the Constitution for the right to life of each born and preborn human 
                                person.

_______________________________________________________________________

                             March 18, 2013

            Read the second time and placed on the calendar