Providing Certainty for Progenitors Act of 2016

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Providing Certainty for Progenitors Act of 2016 This bill amends the federal criminal code to make it a crime to have physical custody of a living human embryo and refuse to release the embryo for implantation in a willing implantee at the request of one of the progenitors of that embryo. A progenitor is an individual who provides an egg or a sperm cell from which an embryo is created. A violator is subject to a fine, up to three months in prison, or both. Additionally, the bill bars the criminal prosecution of a progenitor of an embryo that is not implanted.

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• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 14 November 2016

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  Introduced in House · EN · 14 November 2016

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 14 November 2016

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