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H.J.Res. 380 (97th)

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States with respect to the right to life.

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16 December 1981

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Referred to Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights.

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Summary

Constitutional Amendment - States that for the purposes of the fifth and fourteenth amendments to the Constitution, the word "person" applies to all human beings without regard to age, health, function, or condition of dependency. Declares that no unborn person shall be deprived of life by any person, but permits a law allowing justification to be shown for medical procedures required to prevent the death of the pregnant woman or her unborn offspring, if this law requires every reasonable effort to be made to preserve the life of each.

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