[Remedy]

We NEED a human-life amendment to the Constitution NOW and we NEED legislation to make clear that the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendment’s protections apply to all unborn children!!

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States with respect to the right to life. (Introduced in House)

HJ 20 IH

107th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. J. RES. 20

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States with respect to the right to life.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

February 14, 2001

Mr. OBERSTAR (for himself, Mr. AKIN, Mr. ARMEY, Mr. BAKER, Mr. BARCIA, Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland, Mr. DEMINT, Mr. GREEN of Wisconsin, Ms. HART, Mr. HAYES, Mr. HULSHOF, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. LUCAS of Kentucky, Mr. PICKERING, Mr. SHIMKUS, Mr. SHOWS, Mr. TANCREDO, and Mr. TERRY) introduced the following joint resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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JOINT RESOLUTION

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States with respect to the right to life.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled (two-thirds of each House concurring therein), That the following article is proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, to be valid only if ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States within seven years after the date of final passage of this joint resolution:

ARTICLE--

`SECTION 1. With respect to the right to life, the word `person' as used in this article and in the fifth and fourteenth articles of amendment to the Constitution of the United States applies to all human beings irrespective of age, health, function, or condition of dependency, including their unborn offspring at every stage of their biological development.

`SECTION 2. No unborn person shall be deprived of life by any person: Provided, however, That nothing in this article shall prohibit a law permitting only those medical procedures required to prevent the death of the mother.

`SECTION 3. The Congress and the several States shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.'.

HUMAN LIFE AMENDMENT

• The Rights of the Unborn from Common Law to Constitutional Law
• The Rights of the Unborn: The Constitutional Challenge to Roe v. Wade
• The Rights of the Unborn: The Constitutional Issues

[Coleus]

Thanks, I didn't know it was introduced but now Bush needs to lead the charge. I forget some of my High School history classes and can't completely remember how an amendment is passed. From what I can recall the Senate has to pass a similiar resolution and the legislators of 35 states must approve it as well, tnen the president signs it into law?