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HB 1 - Defines Life as Beginning at Conception - Key Vote
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Legislation - Referred to Committee (Senate) - Feb. 15, 2012
Legislation - Bill Passed (House) (66-32) - Feb. 14, 2012 (Key vote)
Title: Defines Life as Beginning at Conception
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that defines a human life as beginning at conception.
Highlights:
- Specifies that the life of each human begins at conception (Sec. 1).
- Specifies that all of the “rights, privileges, and immunities” available to other residents of Virginia also extend to any “unborn children,” subject to restrictions contained in the following (Sec. 1):
- The Constitution of the United States;
- Decisions of the United States Supreme Court; and
- The laws and constitution of Virginia.
- Specifies that the bill does not create a cause of action against a woman for indirectly harming an “unborn child” due to unsatisfactory personal or prenatal care (Sec. 1).
- Defines “unborn children” as any offspring of human beings from the moment of conception until birth at every stage of biological development (Sec. 1).
- Exempts lawful assisted conception from the provisions of this bill (Sec. 1).
Legislation - Introduced (House) - Jan. 11, 2012
Title: Defines Life as Beginning at Conception
