,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of    
,,representatives  ,january #c1 #bjac   
,mr4 ,broun of ,georgia 7for himself1   
,mr4 ,franks of ,arizona1 ,mr4 ,palazzo1
 ,mr4 ,huelskamp1 ,mr4 ,rogers of       
,kentucky1 ,mr4 ,terry1 ,mr4 ,carter1   
,mr4 ,westmoreland1 ,mr4 ,farenthold1   
,mr4 ,jones1 ,mr4 ,roe of ,tennessee1   
,mr4 ,gibbs1 ,mr4 ,gingrey of ,georgia1 
,mrs4 ,roby1 ,mr4 ,pearce1 ,mr4 ,ryan of
 ,wisconsin1 ,mr4 ,conaway1 and ,mr4    
,fleming7 introduced the following bill2
 which was referred to the ,committee on
 the ,judiciary  ,a ,,bill  ,to provide 
that human life shall be deemed to begin
 with fertilization4  #a4 ,short title  
,this ,act may be cited as the ,sanctity
 of ,human ,life ,act4  #b4 ,declaration
 ,in the exercise of the powers of the  
,congress1 including ,congress' power   
under article ,i1 section #h of the     
,constitution1 to make necessary and    
proper laws1 and ,congress' power under 
section #e of the #adth article of      

amendment to the ,constitution of the   
,united ,states--  7#a7 the ,congress   
declares that--  7,a7 the right to life 
guaranteed by the ,constitution is      
vested in each human being1 and is the  
paramount and most fundamental right of 
a person2 and  7,b7 the life of each    
human being begins with fertilization1  
cloning1 or its functional equivalent1  
irrespective of sex1 health1 function or
 disability1 defect1 stage of biological
 development1 or condition of           
dependency1 at which time every human   
being shall have all the legal and      
constitutional attributes and privileges
 of personhood2 and  7#b7 the ,congress 
affirms that the ,congress1 each ,state1
 the ,district of ,columbia1 and all    
,united ,states territories have the    
authority to protect the lives of all   
human beings residing in its respective 
jurisdictions4  #c4 ,definitions ,for   
purposes of this ,act3  7#a7            
,fertilization ,the term fertilization  
means the process of a human            

spermatozoan penetrating the cell       
membrane of a human oocyte to create a  
human zygote1 a one-celled human embryo1
 which is a new unique human being4     
7#b7 ,cloning ,the term cloning means   
the process called somatic cell nuclear 
transfer1 that combines an enucleated   
egg and the nucleus of a somatic cell to
 make a human embryo4  7#c7 ,human2     
human being ,the terms human and human  
being include each and every member of  
the species homo sapiens at all stages  
of life1 beginning with the earliest    
stage of development1 created by the    
process of fertilization1 cloning1 or   
its functional equivalent4