A joint resolution declaring that the preborn are persons entitled to the guarantees contained in the fifth, thirteenth, and fourteenth amendments to the Constitution of the United States of America and prohibiting abortion within the United States.

Introduced

31 March 1988

Last action

7 April 1988 · Referred

Status

Referred to Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights.

Sponsors

Rep. Dornan, Robert K. [R-CA-46], Rep. Hunter, Duncan [R-CA-52], Rep. Moorhead, Carlos J. [R-CA-22], Rep. Stangeland, Arlan [R-MN-7], Rep. Gray, Kenneth J. [D-IL-22], Rep. Solomon, Gerald B. H. [R-NY-22], Rep. Bliley, Tom [R-VA-7], Rep. Daub, Hal [R-NE-2], Rep. Packard, Ron [R-CA-48], Rep. Shumway, Norman D. [R-CA-14], Rep. Lukens, Donald E. [R-OH-8], Rep. Nielson, Howard C. [R-UT-3], Sen. DeWine, Mike [R-OH], Sen. Smith, Bob [R-NH], Rep. Hyde, Henry J. [R-IL-6], Rep. Weber, Vin [R-MN-2], Rep. Swindall, Patrick L. [R-GA-4], Rep. Kolter, Joseph P. [D-PA-4], Rep. Dannemeyer, William E. [R-CA-39], Rep. Bentley, Helen Delich [R-MD-2], Rep. Petri, Thomas E. [R-WI-6], Rep. Holloway, Clyde [R-LA-8], Rep. Wortley, George C. [R-NY-27], Rep. DeLay, Tom [R-TX-22], Rep. Bilirakis, Michael [R-FL-9], Rep. Armey, Richard K. [R-TX-26], Rep. Smith, Virginia [R-NE-3], Rep. Emerson, Bill [R-MO-8], Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK], Sen. Coats, Daniel [R-IN], Sen. Bunning, Jim [R-KY], Rep. Vucanovich, Barbara F. [R-NV-2], Rep. Boulter, Beau [R-TX-13], Rep. Weldon, Curt [R-PA-7], Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4], Rep. Burton, Dan [R-IN-5], Rep. Mollohan, Alan B. [D-WV-1], Rep. Hansen, James V. [R-UT-1], Rep. Davis, Jack [R-IL-4], Rep. McCollum, Bill [R-FL-8], Rep. McEwen, Bob [R-OH-6], Rep. Saxton, Jim [R-NJ-3], Rep. McCrery, Jim [R-LA-4], Rep. Lagomarsino, Robert J. [R-CA-19], Rep. Livingston, Bob [R-LA-1], Rep. Lent, Norman F. [R-NY-4], Rep. Young, C. W. Bill [R-FL-13]

Subjects

Rule of law

Source updated

10 June 2021