Right to Life Act

H.R. 3069, the Right to Life Act, seeks to legally define "human person" and "human being" as beginning at the moment of fertilization or cloning. By establishing that the constitutional right to life applies to all members of the human species from the earliest stages of biological development, the bill would effectively grant full legal protections to embryos and fetuses. If enacted, this legislation would create a federal statutory basis for prohibiting abortion nationwide and could impact the legality of certain fertility treatments and forms of contraception.