The Right to Life Act 2005
CONGRESS
The Right to Life Act has been sponsored in the US House of Representatives. Below is a list of representatives co-sponsoring the bill. Use it to thank the representatives for co-sponsoring the Right to Life Act 2005. If your representative is not co-sponsoring the bill, be sure to contact them and let them know why they ought to support it.
Rep. Duncan Hunter (CA)
Primary Sponsor |
| Rep. Akin, Todd (MO) |
| Rep. Alexander, Rodney (LA) |
| Rep. Bachus, Spencer (AL) |
| Rep. Bartlett, Roscoe G. (MD) |
| Rep. Beauprez, Bob (CO) |
| Rep. Bilirakis, Michael (FL) |
| Rep. Bishop, Rob (UT) |
| Rep. Boozman, John (AR) |
| Rep. Boustany, Charles W., Jr. (LA) |
| Rep. Burton, Dan (IN) |
| Rep. Cannon, Chris (UT) |
| Rep. Chabot, Steve (OH) |
| Rep. Conaway, K. Michael (TX) |
| Rep. Cubin, Barbara (WY) |
| Rep. Davis, Geoff (KY) |
| Rep. Davis, Jo Ann (VA) |
| Rep. Davis, Lincoln (TN) |
| Rep. Doolittle, John T. (CA) |
| Rep. Feeney, Tom (FL) |
| Rep. Fitzpatrick, Michael G. (PA) |
| Rep. Forbes, J. Randy (VA) |
| Rep. Foxx, Virginia (NC) |
| Rep. Franks, Trent (AZ) |
| Rep. Garrett, Scott (NJ) |
| Rep. Gingrey, Phil (GA) |
| Rep. Gohmert, Louie (TX) |
| Rep. Goodlatte, Bob (VA) |
| Rep. Green, Mark (WI) |
| Rep. Hall, Ralph M. (TX) |
| Rep. Hart, Melissa A. (PA) |
| Rep. Hayes, Robin (NC) |
| Rep. Hayworth, J. D. (AZ) |
| Rep. Hensarling, Jeb (TX) |
| Rep. Herger, Wally (CA) |
| Rep. Hoekstra, Peter (MI) |
| Rep. Hostettler, John N. (IN) |
| Rep. Hyde, Henry (IL) |
| Rep. Inglis, Bob (SC) |
| Rep. Jenkins, William L. (TN) |
| Rep. Jindal, Bobby (LA) |
| Rep. Johnson, Sam (TX) |
| Rep. Johnson, Timothy (IL) |
| Rep. Jones, Walter B. Jr. (NC) |
| Rep. Kennedy, Mark R. (MN) |
| Rep. King, Steve (IA) |
| Rep. Kingston, Jack (GA) |
| Rep. Kline, John (MN) |
| Rep. Knollenberg, Joe (MI) |
| Rep. LaHood, Ray (IL) |
| Rep. Latham, Tom (LA) |
| Rep. Lewis, Ron (KY) |
| Rep. Manzullo, Donald A. (IL) |
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| Rep. Marchant, Kenny (TX) |
| Rep. McCaul, Michael (TX) |
| Rep. McCotter, Thaddeus G. (MI) |
| Rep. McHenry, Patrick (NC) |
| Rep. McKeon, Howard P. (CA) |
| Rep. McMorris, Cathy (WA) |
| Rep. Mica, John L. (FL) |
| Rep. Miller, Candice S. (MI) |
| Rep. Miller, Gary G. (CA) |
| Rep. Miller, Jeff (FL) |
| Rep. Murphy, Tim (PA) |
| Rep. Musgrave, Marilyn N. (CO) |
| Rep. Myrick, Sue (NC) |
| Rep. Neugebauer, Randy (TX) |
| Rep. Ney, Robert W. (OH) |
| Rep. Norwood, Charles (GA) |
| Rep. Nussle, Jim (IA) |
| Rep. Pearce, Steven (NM) |
| Rep. Pence, Mike (IN) |
| Rep. Peterson, Collin (MN) |
| Rep. Peterson, John E. (PA) |
| Rep. Petri, Thomas (WI) |
| Rep. Pickering, Charles W. (MS) |
| Rep. Pitts, Joseph R. (PA) |
| Rep. Price, Tom (GA) |
| Rep. Renzi, Rick (AZ) |
| Rep. Rogers, Harold (KY) |
| Rep. Rogers, Michael J. (MI) |
| Rep. Ryan, Paul (WI) |
| Rep. Ryun, Jim (KS) |
| Rep. Schmidt, Jean (OH) |
| Rep. Sessions, Pete (TX) |
| Rep. Shadegg, John B. (AZ) |
| Rep. Shimkus, John (IL) |
| Rep. Smith, Christopher (NJ) |
| Rep. Sodrel, Michael E. (IN) |
| Rep. Souder, Mark E. (IN) |
| Rep. Sullivan, John (OK) |
| Rep. Tancredo, Thomas G. (CO) |
| Rep. Taylor, Charles H. (NC) |
| Rep. Tiahrt, Todd (KS) |
| Rep. Wamp, Zach (TN) |
| Rep. Weller, Jerry (IL) |
| Rep. Westmoreland, Lynn A. (GA) |
| Rep. Whitfield, Ed (KY) |
| Rep. Wicker, Roger (MS) |
| Rep. Wilson, Joe (SC) |
Total: 100
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If your Representative is not listed or you do know know who your representative is, use the search here and contact them.
THE RIGHT TO LIFE ACT
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 `Right to Life Act'.
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.
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.
For purposes of this Act:
(1) HUMAN PERSON; HUMAN BEING- The terms `human person' and `human being' include each and every member of the species homo sapiens at all stages of life, including, but not limited to, 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' 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.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
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What about the life of the mother? |
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Will the Right to Life Act outlaw contraception? |
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ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
Abortion and International Law
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