Summary

Declares that the constitutional right to life applies to every human being, including preborn persons from the moment of fertilization, cloning, or any other moment an individual of the human species comes into being. It defines “human person”/“human being” to include all stages of life and clarifies that the term “State” includes DC, Puerto Rico, and U.S. territories for purposes of the 14th Amendment and related constitutional provisions. The text also states that nothing in the law authorizes prosecuting a woman for the death of her unborn child.

• Recognizes the constitutional right to life as belonging to every human being, explicitly including preborn persons.
• Defines "human person" and "human being" to include fertilization, cloning, or any moment an individual comes into being.
• Specifies that "State" includes DC, Puerto Rico, and U.S. territories for purposes of the 14th Amendment references.
• States that the Act does not authorize prosecuting a woman for the death of her unborn child.
• Does not create funding, agencies, new penalties, or administrative mechanisms—it's a declaratory change in legal status.
• Would change the legal framework courts use in cases involving abortion, reproductive medicine, and fetal research by starting from personhood at conception.
• Likely to prompt litigation over how constitutional protections apply to preborn persons and how existing laws should be interpreted or enforced.
• May affect medical practices such as in vitro fertilization, certain contraceptives, and embryonic research because of the broad personhood definition.