Legal Source #19 – Legislative Testimony

“[The Human Life Bill] is a Congressional declaration of legal personhood for unborn children. It finds that human life begins at conception or fertilization.”19 19Prepared Statement of Representatives Romano L. Mazzoli and Charles F. Dougherty, The Human Life Bill: Hearings on S. 158 Before the Subcommittee on Separation of Powers of the Senate Committee on…

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Legal Source #22 – Legislative Testimony

“A final step would be the enactment of an Amendment actually mandating the protection of human life from conception”22 22Prepared Statement of John Noonan, J.D., The Human Life Bill: Hearings on S. 158 Before the Subcommittee on Separation of Powers of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, 97th Cong., 1st Sess. (1981), p. 275.

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Legal Source #23 – Legislative Testimony

“Faced with the biological, scientific, and medical data that this subcommittee has before it, is it conceivable that these men–the authors of the 14th amendment–would have said no, [preborn] humans are not to be protected? I think not.”23 23Testimony of Basile Uddo, J.D., The Human Life Bill: Hearings on S. 158 Before the Subcommittee on…

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Legal Source #18 – Legislative Testimony

“If one wants to define human life in the narrowest genetic terms, one might say, yes, it is true life begins [at fertilization]”18 18Testimony of Dr. Daniel Callahan, Ph.D., The Human Life Bill: Hearings on S. 158 Before the Subcommittee on Separation of Powers of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, 97th Cong., 1st Sess.…

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Legal Source #6 – Legislative Testimony

“From both the legal and medical standpoint, there is absolutely no question in my mind and I feel in the minds of most individuals who have given serious thought to this question, the exact moment of the beginning [of] personhood and of the human body is at the moment of conception.”6 6Prepared Statement of Dr.…

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