“Personhood” laws seek to classify fertilized eggs, zygotes, embryos, and fetuses as “persons,” and to grant them full legal protection under the U.S. Constitution, including the right to life from the moment of conception.
“Personhood” laws criminalize abortion with no exception, and also ban many forms of contraception, in vitro fertilization, and health care for pregnant people. “Personhood” laws also increase an already dangerous trend of criminalizing pregnancy, by mandating that women who terminate a pregnancy be arrested, prosecuted, and even imprisoned because of the supposed injury done to a separate “person”—namely, the fetus. So-called fetal homicide laws are already being used in many states to arrest and prosecute individuals who miscarry pregnancies or are otherwise seen as “harming” the fetus.
“Personhood” laws have been a favorite tactic of anti-choice activists for decades, but efforts to pass these laws have met with little success.
In Roe v. Wade, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected the notion that a fetus is a person. In addition, no federal or state law bans abortion or presents any obstacle to reproductive health care on the basis that a fetus is a person.
Despite this history of failure, however, “personhood” proponents continue to introduce these bills as part of the broader anti-choice strategy toward their goal of banning all abortions and monitoring the lives of pregnant people.
The “personhood” movement is active in each of the 50 states (some more so than others), usually operating through an organization called Personhood USA. The Personhood USA website defines the movement as follows: “Personhood is a movement working to respect the God-given right to life by recognizing all human beings as persons who are ‘created in the image of God’ from the beginning of their biological development, without exceptions.”
Personhood USA’s efforts do not enjoy universal support, even within the anti-choice movement. The National Right to Life Committee and the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops have refused to back state-level measures out of fear that state-level amendments will make their way to the Supreme Court and result in a decision that would reaffirm Roe v. Wade and undermine the progress that has been made in chipping away at the constitutional right to abortion at the state level.
Examples of “Personhood” Laws (last updated November 7, 2018)
At the federal level, two pieces of legislation—the Sanctity of Human Life Act and the Life at Conception Act—are introduced in Congress year after year; they have failed on each occasion.
Legislative efforts at the state level have been largely unsuccessful. Only three states—Alabama, Kansas, and Missouri—have “personhood” language on their books. In 1986, Missouri passed a law that contained language stating that “the life of each human being begins at conception” and “unborn children have protectable interests in life, health, and well-being.” But because the Missouri law contains a provision that makes it subject to the United States Constitution and the decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court, the Supreme Court ruled that the law is not unconstitutional in its 1989 decision Webster vs. Reproductive Health Services.
In 2013, Kansas enacted the Pro-Life Protections Act (HB 2253), an omnibus abortion bill containing “personhood” language declaring that life begins at fertilization. Although that law has not been challenged in court, it is likely constitutional because, like the law in Missouri, it is expressly subject to the United States Constitution and therefore does not conflict with constitutional abortion jurisprudence.
In addition to repeated attempts to pass “personhood” legislation at the state and federal level, “personhood” activists frequently attempt to place “personhood” initiatives on the ballot in the hopes that voters will approve them. These efforts have been largely unsuccessful. In the last ten years, only three states—Alabama, Colorado, and Mississippi—have put “personhood” measures to a vote. While voters rejected the measures in Colorado and Mississippi, Alabama voters did not.
The first state to attempt to pass a “personhood” amendment was Colorado, in 2008. Voters overwhelmingly rejected the measure during the 2008 elections and again during the 2010 elections, both times by a 2-1 margin. Efforts to place an initiative on the November 2012 ballot failed, but “personhood” activists successfully placed the Colorado Definition of Person and Child Initiative, Amendment 67, also known as the Brady Amendment, on the ballot for November 2014, where it failed.
In 2011, Mississippi attempted to pass a “personhood” amendment (Initiative 26). It was rejected by a margin of 42 to 58. In March 2013, “personhood” activists in Mississippi filed paperwork with the secretary of state for another “personhood” amendment (Initiative 41). Organizers failed to gather the 107,216 signatures required for the Initiative to appear on the 2015 ballot.
In 2012, the Oklahoma Supreme Court struck down a “personhood” initiative (Initiative Petition No. 395) that would have amended that state’s constitution to define “person” as “any human being from the beginning of biological development to natural death” on the grounds that it was “clearly unconstitutional.”
In 2013, the Alaska Supreme Court affirmed the lieutenant governor and state attorney general’s 2012 decision to reject a “personhood” ballot initiative on similar grounds.
On November 4, 2014, voters in North Dakota rejected by a margin of 64 percent to 36 percent SCR 4009, a “personhood” ballot initiative that sought to amend the North Dakota constitution to establish “personhood”. Similarly, in Colorado, voters rejected a “personhood” measure, Amendment 67, by a margin of 63 percent to 37 percent.
In 2017, Alabama passed HB 98, which proposed an amendment to the state constitution, upon voter approval, to declare and otherwise affirm that it is the public policy of Alabama to recognize and support the sanctity of ‘unborn life’ and the rights of ‘unborn children,’ including the right to life. On November 6, 2018, Alabama voters overwhelmingly approved the measure, by a margin of 59 percent to 41 percent. The amendment doesn’t actually criminalize anything—but it does pave the way for more extreme restrictions and bans should Roe v. Wade fall.
In 2019, Kentucky passed HB 148, which will trigger a statewide abortion ban if the U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade or if an amendment to the United States Constitution is adopted that, in whole or in part, restores state authority to prohibit abortion. Tennessee passed SB 1257, which is similar to the Kentucky bill but also makes it a Class C felony—punishable by up to 15 years in prison—to perform or attempt to perform an abortion.
In 2019, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed HB 481 into law, which amends state law to define “natural person” to mean “any human being including an unborn child.” The bill includes embryos and fetuses in state population based determinations and amends the state tax code to redefine “dependent” to allow a fetus at any stage of development to qualify as a dependent minor.
Laws
Title |
Number |
State |
Proposed |
Status |
Alabama ‘Personhood’ Bill 2013 (SB 205)
|
SB 205 |
Alabama |
Feb 14, 2013 |
Failed to Pass |
Iowa ‘Personhood’ Amendment (HJR 12)
|
HJR 12 |
Iowa |
Mar 6, 2013 |
Failed to Pass |
Iowa ‘Personhood’ Amendment (SJR 10)
|
SJR 10 |
Iowa |
Apr 25, 2013 |
Failed to Pass |
Iowa ‘Personhood’ Bill (HF 138)
|
HF 138 |
Iowa |
Feb 6, 2013 |
Failed to Pass |
Iowa ‘Personhood’ Bill (HF 171)
|
HF 171 |
Iowa |
Feb 7, 2013 |
Failed to Pass |
Mississippi ‘Personhood’ Amendment (HCR 14)
|
HCR 14 |
Mississippi |
Jan 11, 2013 |
Failed to Pass |
Mississippi Protection of the Human Person Act (HB 819)
|
HB 819 |
Mississippi |
Jan 21, 2013 |
Failed to Pass |
North Dakota ‘Personhood’ Bill (SB 2303)
|
SB 2303 |
North Dakota |
Jan 23, 2013 |
Failed to Pass |
North Dakota ‘Personhood’ Amendment (SCR 4009)
|
SCR 4009 |
North Dakota |
Jan 23, 2013 |
Failed to Pass |
Oklahoma ‘Personhood’ Act of 2013 (HB 1029)
|
HB 1029 |
Oklahoma |
Feb 12, 2013 |
Failed to Pass |
Oklahoma Protection of Human Life Act 2013 (HB 1025)
|
HB 1025 |
Oklahoma |
Feb 4, 2013 |
Failed to Pass |
Oklahoma Protection of Human Life Act 2013 (HB 2070)
|
HB 2070 |
Oklahoma |
Feb 4, 2013 |
Failed to Pass |
‘Personhood’ Act of South Carolina (H 3323)
|
H 3323 |
South Carolina |
Jan 15, 2013 |
Failed to Pass |
‘Personhood’ Act of South Carolina (S 83)
|
S 83 |
South Carolina |
Jan 8, 2013 |
Failed to Pass |
‘Personhood’ Act of South Carolina (H 3584)
|
H 3584 |
South Carolina |
Feb 21, 2013 |
Failed to Pass |
‘Personhood’ Act of South Carolina (S 457)
|
S 457 |
South Carolina |
Feb 28, 2013 |
Failed to Pass |
South Carolina Life Beginning at Conception Act (S 87)
|
S 87 |
South Carolina |
Jan 8, 2013 |
Failed to Pass |
Kansas ‘Pro-Life’ Protections Act (HB 2253)
|
HB 2253 |
Kansas |
Feb 6, 2013 |
Current |
Washington State Life at Conception Act (HB 1259)
|
HB 1259 |
Washington |
Jan 21, 2013 |
Failed to Pass |
Kansas Human Life Amendment (HCR 5010)
|
HCR 5010 |
Kansas |
Feb 5, 2013 |
Failed to Pass |
Mississippi ‘Personhood’ Ballot Initiative 41
|
Initiative 41 |
Mississippi |
Mar 5, 2013 |
Failed to Pass |
Sanctity of Human Life Act of 2013 (H.R. 23)
|
HR 23 |
Federal |
Jan 3, 2013 |
Failed to Pass |
Life at Conception Act of 2013 (S. 583)
|
S. 583 |
Federal |
Mar 14, 2013 |
Failed to Pass |
Georgia ‘Personhood’ Amendment (SR 420)
|
SR 420 |
Georgia |
Feb 28, 2013 |
Failed to Pass |
Montana ‘Personhood’ Amendment (LC 1580)
|
LC 1580 |
Montana |
Dec 5, 2012 |
Failed to Pass |
Wisconsin Bill Amending Wrongful Death Statute (AB 160)
|
AB 160 |
Wisconsin |
Apr 17, 2013 |
Failed to Pass |
Alabama ‘Personhood’ Bill 2014 (SB 414)
|
SB 414 |
Alabama |
Feb 26, 2014 |
Failed to Pass |
Arkansas Bill Amending Definition of “Unborn Child” in Wrongful Death Actions (SB 417)
|
SB 417 |
Arkansas |
Feb 20, 2013 |
Current |
Colorado Definition of Person and Child Initiative (Amendment 67)
|
Amendment 67 |
Colorado |
|
Failed to Pass |
South Carolina Pregnant Women’s Protection Act (S 527)
|
S 527 |
South Carolina |
Mar 13, 2013 |
Failed to Pass |
Colorado Abortion Ban (HB 1033)
|
HB 1033 |
Colorado |
Jan 9, 2013 |
Failed to Pass |
Colorado Bill Regarding the Protection of Human Life at Conception (HB 1133)
|
HB 1133 |
Colorado |
Jan 16, 2014 |
Failed to Pass |
Colorado Bill Regarding Civil Damages for Unlawful Termination of Pregnancy (HB 1324)
|
HB 1324 |
Colorado |
Mar 19, 2014 |
Failed to Pass |
Colorado Civil Damages for the Unlawful Termination of a Pregnancy (HB 1388)
|
HB 1388 |
Colorado |
Apr 21, 2014 |
Current |
Kansas Bill Prohibiting Civil Action Lawsuits Concerning Abortion Consultation (SB 142)
|
SB 142 |
Kansas |
Feb 7, 2013 |
Current |
Illinois Bill Regarding Vital Records – Stillbirth (HB 960)
|
HB 960 |
Illinois |
Jan 24, 2013 |
Failed to Pass |
South Carolina “Personhood” Act (S 129)
|
S 129 |
South Carolina |
Dec 3, 2014 |
Failed to Pass |
New Hampshire All People Created Equal Act 2014 (HB 1504)
|
HB 1504 |
New Hampshire |
Mar 25, 2014 |
Failed to Pass |
New Hampshire All People Created Equal Act 2015 (HB 194)
|
HB 194 |
New Hampshire |
Jan 8, 2015 |
Failed to Pass |
Mississippi ‘Personhood’ Bill (HB 1309)
|
HB 1309 |
Mississippi |
Jan 19, 2015 |
Failed to Pass |
Alaska Bill Regarding Wrongful Death of an Unborn Child – Jackson’s Law (SB 200)
|
SB 200 |
Alaska |
Feb 24, 2014 |
Current |
Alaska Bill Regarding Wrongful Death of an Unborn Child – Jackson’s Law (HB 258)
|
HB 258 |
Alaska |
Jan 21, 2014 |
Failed to Pass |
Washington Life at Conception Act (HB 1687)
|
HB 1687 |
Washington |
Jan 26, 2015 |
Failed to Pass |
Colorado Bill Regarding the Protection of Human Life At Conception (HB 1041)
|
HB 1041 |
Colorado |
Jan 7, 2015 |
Failed to Pass |
South Dakota ‘Preborn Infant Beheading Ban’ Amended to Personhood Resolution (HB 1230)
|
HB 1230 |
South Dakota |
Feb 17, 2015 |
Failed to Pass |
Hawaii Feticide Bill (HB 1234)
|
HB 1234 |
Hawaii |
Jan 29, 2015 |
Failed to Pass |
Virginia ‘Personhood’ Resolution (HR 214)
|
HR 214 |
Virginia |
Jan 23, 2015 |
Failed to Pass |
Rhode Island Personhood Resolution (H 5153)
|
HR 5153 |
Rhode Island |
Jan 21, 2015 |
Failed to Pass |
Michigan Life at Conception Bill (HB 4279)
|
HB 4279 |
Michigan |
Mar 4, 2015 |
Failed to Pass |
Montana ‘Personhood’ Amendment (HB 490)
|
HB 490 |
Montana |
Feb 11, 2011 |
Failed to Pass |
Montana ‘Personhood’ Amendment (HB 425)
|
HB 425 |
Montana |
Feb 6, 2015 |
Failed to Pass |
Iowa ‘Personhood’ Bill (SF 417)
|
SF 417 |
Iowa |
Mar 5, 2015 |
Failed to Pass |
Florida For Life Act 2015 (SB 1502)
|
S 1502 |
Florida |
Feb 26, 2015 |
Failed to Pass |
Texas ‘Life Begins at Conception’ Guiding Principle (SB 1870)
|
SB 1870 |
Texas |
Mar 13, 2015 |
Failed to Pass |
Texas Constitutional Amendment Guaranteeing Right to Life (HJR 126)
|
HJR 126 |
Texas |
Mar 12, 2015 |
Failed to Pass |
Texas Bill Regarding Wrongful Birth Lawsuits (HB 3008)
|
HB 3008 |
Texas |
Mar 11, 2015 |
Failed to Pass |
Iowa Bill Defining ‘Person’ for Criminal Statutes (SF 478)
|
SF 478 |
Iowa |
Mar 19, 2015 |
Failed to Pass |
Texas ‘Unborn Child Due Process Act’ (HB 1901)
|
HB 1901 |
Texas |
Mar 11, 2015 |
Failed to Pass |
Texas Bill Regarding ‘Life at Conception’ in Sex Education (HB 1218)
|
HB 1218 |
Texas |
|
Failed to Pass |
Colorado Fetal Homicide Bill (SB 268)
|
SB 268 |
Colorado |
Apr 14, 2015 |
Failed to Pass |
Alabama Pregnancy Criminalization Law (SB 26)
|
SB 26 |
Alabama |
Aug 3, 2015 |
Failed to Pass |
New York Unborn Victims of Violence Act (S 1950)
|
S 1950 |
New York |
Jan 9, 2013 |
Failed to Pass |
Massachusetts Fetal Pain Bill (H 1930)
|
H 1930 |
Massachusetts |
Jan 22, 2013 |
Failed to Pass |
New York Unborn Victims of Violence Act (A 3128)
|
A 3128 |
New York |
Oct 23, 2013 |
Failed to Pass |
Utah Vital Statistics Act Amendments (HB 387)
|
HB 387 |
Utah |
Mar 1, 2013 |
Current |
Sanctity of Human Life Act 2015 (HR 426)
|
HR 426 |
Federal |
Jan 21, 2015 |
Failed to Pass |
Rhode Island Fetal Protection Act (H 7052)
|
H 7052 |
Rhode Island |
Jan 9, 2014 |
Failed to Pass |
Rhode Island Fetal Protection Act (H 5104)
|
H 5104 |
Rhode Island |
Jan 16, 2013 |
Failed to Pass |
Rhode Island Personhood Resolution (H 7330)
|
H 7330 |
Rhode Island |
Feb 6, 2014 |
Failed to Pass |
Missouri ‘All Lives Matter Act’ (HB 1794)
|
HB 1794 |
Missouri |
Jan 7, 2016 |
Failed to Pass |
Virginia Bill Redefining the Term ‘Child’ (HB 556)
|
HB 556 |
Virginia |
Jan 11, 2016 |
Failed to Pass |
Life at Conception Act of 2016 (S. 2464)
|
S. 2464 |
Federal |
Jan 21, 2016 |
Failed to Pass |
Colorado Bill Regarding the Protection of Human Life at Conception (HB 1113)
|
HB 1113 |
Colorado |
Jan 20, 2016 |
Failed to Pass |
Colorado Offenses Against ‘Unborn Children’ Bill (HB 1007)
|
HB 1007 |
Colorado |
Jan 13, 2016 |
Failed to Pass |
Virginia Personhood Resolution (HR 19)
|
HR 19 |
Virginia |
Dec 8, 2015 |
Failed to Pass |
Virginia Personhood Joint Resolution (HJR 29)
|
HJR 29 |
Virginia |
Dec 8, 2015 |
Failed to Pass |
Iowa Joint Resolution Denying Right to Abortion (SJR 2001)
|
SJR 2001 |
Iowa |
Jan 21, 2016 |
Failed to Pass |
Alabama ‘Personhood’ Bill 2016 (HB 300)
|
HB 300 |
Alabama |
Feb 24, 2016 |
Failed to Pass |
Mississippi ‘Personhood’ Bill (HB 1106)
|
HB 1106 |
Mississippi |
Feb 8, 2016 |
Failed to Pass |
Missouri Bill Regarding Custody of In Vitro Human Embryos (SB 1129)
|
SB 1129 |
Missouri |
Mar 1, 2016 |
Failed to Pass |
Missouri Bill Regarding Custody of In Vitro Human Embryos (HB 2558)
|
HB 2558 |
Missouri |
Feb 16, 2016 |
Failed to Pass |
Missouri ‘Personhood’ Resolution (HJR 98)
|
HJR 98 |
Missouri |
Feb 23, 2016 |
Failed to Pass |
Missouri ‘Personhood’ Resolution (HCR 121)
|
HCR 121 |
Missouri |
Mar 15, 2016 |
Failed to Pass |
Rhode Island ‘Personhood’ Resolution (H 7170)
|
H 7170 |
Rhode Island |
Jan 14, 2016 |
Failed to Pass |
Rhode Island Fetal Protection Act (H 7206)
|
H 7206 |
Rhode Island |
Jan 15, 2016 |
Failed to Pass |
Rhode Island Fetal Protection Act (S 2218)
|
S 2218 |
Rhode Island |
Jan 27, 2016 |
Failed to Pass |
Maryland Life ‘Personhood’ Joint Resolution (HJ 7)
|
HJ 7 |
Maryland |
Feb 12, 2016 |
Failed to Pass |
Oklahoma Humanity of the Unborn Child Act (HB 2797)
|
HB 2797 |
Oklahoma |
Feb 1, 2016 |
Current |
Virginia ‘Day of Tears’ Bill (HR 268)
|
HR 268 |
Virginia |
Jan 18, 2017 |
Current |
Texas Constitutional Amendment Proposal Guaranteeing Right to Life (SJR 9)
|
SJR 9 |
Texas |
Nov 14, 2016 |
Failed to Pass |
Virginia ‘Personhood’ Resolution (HJR 589)
|
HJR 589 |
Virginia |
Jan 4, 2017 |
Failed to Pass |
Missouri Personhood Constitutional Amendment (HJR 18)
|
HJR 18 |
Missouri |
Jan 5, 2017 |
Failed to Pass |
Indiana ‘Protection of Life’ Bill (HB 1134)
|
HB 1134 |
Indiana |
Jan 9, 2017 |
Failed to Pass |
Arkansas Bill Regarding Fetal Death Certificates (HB 1185)
|
HB 1185 |
Arkansas |
Jan 17, 2017 |
Current |
Washington Life at Conception Act (HB 1649)
|
HB 1649 |
Washington |
Jan 25, 2017 |
Failed to Pass |
South Carolina ‘Unborn Child Protection from Dismemberment Abortion’ Act (H 3548)
|
H 3548 |
South Carolina |
Jan 24, 2017 |
Failed to Pass |
Missouri Bill Regarding Custody of In Vitro Human Embryos (HB 112)
|
HB 112 |
Missouri |
Jan 4, 2017 |
Failed to Pass |
South Carolina ‘Personhood’ Act (H 3530)
|
H 3530 |
South Carolina |
Jan 19, 2017 |
Failed to Pass |
Oklahoma Bill Requiring Death Certificates for Aborted Fetuses (SB 755)
|
SB 755 |
Oklahoma |
Feb 6, 2017 |
Failed to Pass |
Texas ‘Abolition of Abortion in Texas Act’ (HB 948)
|
HB 948 |
Texas |
Jan 11, 2017 |
Failed to Pass |
Oklahoma Resolution Recognizing Rose Day 2017 (HR 1001)
|
HR 1001 |
Oklahoma |
Feb 6, 2017 |
Adopted |
Oklahoma Bill Prohibiting Abortion After Conception (SB 817)
|
SB 817 |
Oklahoma |
Feb 6, 2017 |
Failed to Pass |
Oklahoma Resolution Regarding the Authority of Public Officials and Abortion Law (HR 1004)
|
HR 1004 |
Oklahoma |
Feb 13, 2017 |
Current |
Rhode Island Personhood Resolution (H 5399)
|
H 5399 |
Rhode Island |
Feb 3, 2017 |
Failed to Pass |
Rhode Island Fetal Protection Act (H 5447)
|
H 5447 |
Rhode Island |
Feb 9, 2017 |
Failed to Pass |
Tennessee Sanctity of Human Life Act (SB 754)
|
SB 754 |
Tennessee |
Feb 9, 2017 |
Proposed |
Tennessee Sanctity of Human Life Act (HB 895)
|
HB 895 |
Tennessee |
Feb 8, 2017 |
Proposed |
Texas Bill Regarding Fetal Remains (SB 406)
|
SB 406 |
Texas |
Dec 29, 2016 |
Proposed |
New York ‘Unborn Victims of Violence Act’ (A 3579)
|
A 3579 |
New York |
Jan 27, 2017 |
Failed to Pass |
Alabama Bill Proposing ‘Right to Life’ Constitutional Amendment (HB 98)
|
HB 98 |
Alabama |
Feb 7, 2017 |
Current |
Kansas Resolution Regarding Constitutional Human Life Amendments (HCR 5009)
|
HCR 5009 |
Kansas |
Feb 3, 2017 |
Failed to Pass |
Arizona Bill Regarding Born-Alive Reporting (SB 1367)
|
SB 1367 |
Arizona |
Jan 31, 2017 |
Current |
Iowa ‘Personhood’ Bill (SF 253)
|
SF 253 |
Iowa |
Feb 14, 2017 |
Failed to Pass |
Iowa ‘Personhood’ Bill (HF 297)
|
HF 297 |
Iowa |
Feb 14, 2017 |
Failed to Pass |
West Virginia ‘Life Begins at Conception’ Amendment (HJR 19)
|
HJR 19 |
West Virginia |
Feb 21, 2017 |
Proposed |
North Carolina ‘Right to Life at Conception Act’ (HB 163)
|
HB 163 |
North Carolina |
Feb 21, 2017 |
Proposed |
Texas Bill Requiring Fetal Death Certificates (HB 2349)
|
HB 2349 |
Texas |
Feb 23, 2017 |
Proposed |
Texas Bill Regarding Fetal Remains (HB 2348)
|
HB 2348 |
Texas |
Feb 23, 2017 |
Failed to Pass |
Texas Life at Conception Constitutional Amendment (HJR 123)
|
HJR 123 |
Texas |
Mar 10, 2017 |
Proposed |
Texas Life at Conception Constitutional Amendment (HJR 122)
|
HJR 122 |
Texas |
Mar 10, 2017 |
Proposed |
Texas “Life at Conception Provision of the Texas Constitution’s Bill of Rights” (HJR 121)
|
HJR 121 |
Texas |
Mar 10, 2017 |
Proposed |
Massachusetts Fetal Pain Bill (H 2288)
|
H 2288 |
Massachusetts |
Jan 23, 2017 |
Failed to Pass |
Kansas Proposition for Constitutional Personhood Amendment (SCR 1607)
|
SCR 1607 |
Kansas |
Apr 5, 2017 |
Failed to Pass |
Texas Resolution Urging the United States Congress to Prohibit Abortion (HJR 104)
|
HJR 104 |
Texas |
Mar 8, 2017 |
Proposed |
South Carolina ‘Personhood’ Act (S 217)
|
S 217 |
South Carolina |
Jan 10, 2017 |
Failed to Pass |
Alaska Life at Conception Act (HB 250)
|
HB 250 |
Alaska |
May 15, 2017 |
Failed to Pass |
Michigan Personhood Sentencing Guidelines (HB 4500)
|
HB 4500 |
Michigan |
Apr 20, 2017 |
Proposed |
Missouri ‘Right to Life Act’ (HB 14)
|
HB 14 |
Missouri |
Jun 12, 2017 |
Failed to Pass |
Texas Life at Conception Constitutional Amendment (HJR 49)
|
HJR 49 |
Texas |
Jul 28, 2017 |
Proposed |
Missouri Right to Life Act (HB 709)
|
HB 709 |
Missouri |
Jan 23, 2017 |
Failed to Pass |
Missouri Bill Regarding Custody of In Vitro Human Embryos (SB 432)
|
SB 432 |
Missouri |
Feb 16, 2017 |
Failed to Pass |
Life at Conception Act of 2017 (H.R. 681)
|
H.R. 681 |
Federal |
Jan 24, 2017 |
Failed to Pass |
Life at Conception Act of 2017 (S. 231)
|
S. 231 |
Federal |
Jan 24, 2017 |
Failed to Pass |
West Virginia Bill Regarding the ‘Unborn Victims of Violence Act’ (HB 2917)
|
HB 2917 |
West Virginia |
Mar 10, 2017 |
Failed to Pass |
Texas ‘Unborn Child Due Process Act’ (HB 3542)
|
HB 3542 |
Texas |
Mar 9, 2017 |
Failed to Pass |
Illinois Bill Restricting Funding and Insurance Coverage for Abortion (HB 4108)
|
HB 4108 |
Illinois |
Oct 5, 2017 |
Proposed |
Sanctity of Human Life Act of 2017 (H.R. 586)
|
H.R. 586 |
Federal |
Jan 17, 2017 |
Failed to Pass |
Sanctity of Life Act of 2017 (H.R. 3676)
|
H.R. 3676 |
Federal |
Sep 5, 2017 |
Failed to Pass |
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (H.R. 1)
|
H.R. 1 |
Federal |
Jan 3, 2017 |
Current |
Illinois Bill Restricting Funding And Insurance Coverage for Abortion (HB 4189)
|
HB 4189 |
Illinois |
Dec 14, 2017 |
Failed to Pass |
Sanctity of Human Life Act of 2017 (S. 1456)
|
S. 1456 |
Federal |
Jun 28, 2017 |
Failed to Pass |
Missouri Right to Life Act (HB 1372)
|
HB 1372 |
Missouri |
Jan 3, 2018 |
Failed to Pass |
Missouri Personhood Constitutional Amendment (HJR 53)
|
HJR 53 |
Missouri |
Jan 3, 2018 |
Failed to Pass |
Indiana ‘Protection of Life’ Bill (HB 1097)
|
HB 1097 |
Indiana |
Jan 11, 2018 |
Failed to Pass |
Kentucky Abolition of Abortion Act (BR 143)
|
BR 143 |
Kentucky |
|
Failed to Pass |
Oklahoma Resolution Recognizing Rose Day 2018 (HR 1022)
|
HR 1022 |
Oklahoma |
Feb 5, 2018 |
Adopted |
Rhode Island Personhood Resolution (H 7180)
|
H 7180 |
Rhode Island |
Jan 17, 2018 |
Failed to Pass |
West Virginia Bill Regarding the ‘Unborn Victims of Violence Act’ (HB 4282)
|
HB 4282 |
West Virginia |
Jan 24, 2018 |
Failed to Pass |
Arizona Parental Right to Embryo Bill (SB 1393)
|
SB 1393 |
Arizona |
Jan 29, 2018 |
Current |
Iowa Heartbeat Protection Act (HF 2163)
|
HF 2163 |
Iowa |
Jan 31, 2018 |
Failed to Pass |
West Virginia No Constitutional Right to Abortion Amendment (SJR 12)
|
SJR 12 |
West Virginia |
Feb 1, 2018 |
Current |
Tennessee Bill Regarding the Commission of the ‘Monument to Unborn Children’ (HB 2381)
|
HB 2381 |
Tennessee |
Feb 1, 2018 |
Current |
West Virginia Life at Conception Act (HB 4318)
|
HB 4318 |
West Virginia |
Jan 26, 2018 |
Failed to Pass |
West Virginia Life at Conception Act (SB 405)
|
SB 405 |
West Virginia |
Jan 26, 2018 |
Failed to Pass |
South Dakota Posterity Resolution (SCR 3)
|
SCR 3 |
South Dakota |
Jan 19, 2018 |
Current |
Minnesota Bill Prohibiting Abortion (HF 2792)
|
HF 2792 |
Minnesota |
Feb 20, 2018 |
Proposed |
Kentucky ‘Sanctuary State for the Unborn Act’ (SB 164)
|
SB 164 |
Kentucky |
Feb 20, 2018 |
Failed to Pass |
Kentucky Bill Proposing Constitutional Amendment Regarding Abortion (HB 473)
|
HB 473 |
Kentucky |
Feb 26, 2018 |
Failed to Pass |
Minnesota Bill Prohibiting Abortion (SF 3382)
|
SF 3382 |
Minnesota |
Mar 15, 2018 |
Failed to Pass |
Wyoming Nonviable Birth Certificate Bill (SF 85)
|
SF 85 |
Wyoming |
Feb 14, 2018 |
Failed to Pass |
Missouri Resolution Proposing Personhood Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (HCR 103)
|
HCR 103 |
Missouri |
Mar 1, 2018 |
Failed to Pass |
Ohio Abolition of Abortion (HB 565)
|
HB 565 |
Ohio |
Mar 19, 2018 |
Proposed |
Ohio ‘Unborn Child Development Education’ Act (HB 619)
|
HB 619 |
Ohio |
Apr 26, 2018 |
Failed to Pass |
Sanctity of Life Act of 2013 (H.R. 2764)
|
H.R. 2764 |
Federal |
Jul 19, 2013 |
Failed to Pass |
Sanctity of Life Act of 2015 (H.R. 2761)
|
H.R. 2761 |
Federal |
Jun 12, 2018 |
Failed to Pass |
Life at Conception Act of 2013 (H.R. 1091)
|
H.R. 1091 |
Federal |
Mar 12, 2013 |
Failed to Pass |
Life at Conception Act of 2015 (H.R. 816)
|
H.R. 816 |
Federal |
Feb 9, 2015 |
Failed to Pass |
Illinois Bill Restricting Funding and Insurance Coverage for Abortion (SB 3631)
|
SB 3631 |
Illinois |
Nov 7, 2018 |
Failed to Pass |
Texas Constitutional Amendment Proposal Guaranteeing Right to Life (SJR 3)
|
SJR 3 |
Texas |
Feb 7, 2019 |
Failed to Pass |
Oklahoma ‘Abolition of Abortion in Oklahoma Act’ (SB 13)
|
SB 13 |
Oklahoma |
Feb 4, 2019 |
Proposed |
Missouri ‘Stands for the Unborn Act’ (HB 126)
|
HB 126 |
Missouri |
Jan 9, 2019 |
Current-Partially Blocked |
“Personhood Act of South Carolina” (H 3289)
|
H 3289 |
South Carolina |
Jan 8, 2019 |
Proposed |
Kentucky Human Life Protection Act (HB 148)
|
HB 148 |
Kentucky |
Jan 10, 2019 |
Signed into Law |
West Virginia Life at Conception Act (HB 2074)
|
HB 2074 |
West Virginia |
Jan 9, 2019 |
Failed to Pass |
Illinois Bill Restricting Funding and Insurance Coverage for Abortion (HB 340)
|
HB 340 |
Illinois |
Jan 11, 2019 |
Proposed |
Indiana Protection of Life Bill (HB 1430)
|
HB 1430 |
Indiana |
Jan 15, 2019 |
Failed to Pass |
Texas ‘Abolition of Abortion’ Act (HB 896)
|
HB 896 |
Texas |
Jan 17, 2019 |
Failed to Pass |
Arkansas Human Life Protection Act (SB 149)
|
SB 149 |
Arkansas |
Jan 22, 2019 |
Signed into Law |
Mississippi ‘Right to Life’ Constitutional Amendment Proposal (HCR 34)
|
HCR 34 |
Mississippi |
Jan 21, 2019 |
Failed to Pass |
Missouri ‘Right to Life’ Constitutional Amendment (HJR 28)
|
HJR 28 |
Missouri |
Jan 23, 2019 |
Failed to Pass |
Missouri ‘Right to Due Process Act’ (HB 671)
|
HB 671 |
Missouri |
Jan 24, 2019 |
Failed to Pass |
Rhode Island Right to Life Act of 2019 (H 5198)
|
H 5198 |
Rhode Island |
Jan 25, 2019 |
Proposed |
Rhode Island House Resolution Recognizing the Fetus as Human Life Upon the Existence of a Heartbeat (H 5199)
|
H 5199 |
Rhode Island |
Jan 25, 2019 |
Proposed |
Montana Personhood Constitutional Amendment (HB 302)
|
HB 302 |
Montana |
Jan 25, 2019 |
Failed to Pass |
Kansas Personhood Constitutional Amendment (HCR 5004)
|
HCR 5004 |
Kansas |
Jan 28, 2019 |
Proposed |
Missouri Bill Establishing the Mission of the Department of Health and Senior Services (SB 312)
|
SB 312 |
Missouri |
Jan 28, 2019 |
Failed to Pass |
Missouri Bill Regarding Custody of In Vitro Human Embryos (HB 788)
|
HB 788 |
Missouri |
Jan 31, 2019 |
Failed to Pass |
Missouri ‘Right to Life of the Unborn Child Act’ (SB 345)
|
SB 345 |
Missouri |
Feb 5, 2019 |
Failed to Pass |
Kansas Personhood Constitutional Amendment (SCR 1604)
|
SCR 1604 |
Kansas |
Feb 5, 2019 |
Proposed |
Oklahoma Resolution Recognizing Rose Day 2019 (HR 1003)
|
HR 1003 |
Kansas |
Feb 4, 2019 |
Adopted |
Tennessee ‘Human Life Protection Act’ (SB 1257)
|
SB 1257 |
Tennessee |
Feb 7, 2019 |
Signed into Law |
Iowa Fetal Homicide Bill (SF 259)
|
SF 259 |
Iowa |
Feb 13, 2019 |
Proposed |
Michigan Resolution Regarding Legal Protections for ‘Unborn Children’ (HR 23)
|
HR 23 |
Michigan |
Feb 19, 2019 |
Adopted |
Ohio ‘Humanity of Unborn Child’ Bill (HB 90)
|
HB 90 |
Ohio |
Feb 20, 2019 |
Proposed |
Missouri ‘Right to Life of the Unborn Child Act’ (HB 1017)
|
HB 1017 |
Missouri |
Feb 20, 2019 |
Failed to Pass |
Georgia ‘Living Infants Fairness and Equality (LIFE) Act’ (HB 481)
|
HB 481 |
Georgia |
Feb 25, 2019 |
Signed into Law |
Georgia ‘Living Infants Fairness and Equality (LIFE) Act’ (SB 218)
|
SB 218 |
Georgia |
Feb 27, 2019 |
Proposed |
Georgia Total Abortion Ban ‘Trigger Law’ (HB 546)
|
HB 546 |
Georgia |
Feb 28, 2019 |
Proposed |
Iowa Bill Regarding Personal Injury to a Viable Fetus Claims (HF 621)
|
HF 621 |
Iowa |
Mar 5, 2019 |
Proposed |
Texas ‘Lawyers for Fetuses’ Bill (HB 3605)
|
HB 3605 |
Texas |
Mar 6, 2019 |
Failed to Pass |
Texas ‘Trigger Law’ Creating a Civil Penalty for Performing an Abortion (HB 2350)
|
HB 2350 |
Texas |
Mar 8, 2019 |
Failed to Pass |
Washington ‘Abolition of Abortion in Washington Act’ (HB 2154)
|
HB 2154 |
Washington |
Mar 21, 2019 |
Proposed |
Iowa Bill Relating to the Nonconsensual Cause of Death and Serious Injury to an ‘Unborn’ Person (SF 523)
|
SF 523 |
Iowa |
Mar 7, 2019 |
Proposed |
Alabama ‘Human Life Protection Act’ (HB 314)
|
HB 314 |
Alabama |
Apr 2, 2019 |
Blocked/Enjoined |
Alabama ‘Human Life Protection Act’ (SB 211)
|
SB 211 |
Alabama |
Apr 2, 2019 |
Failed to Pass |
Massachusetts Bill Requiring the Use of Anesthesia on a Fetus Prior to an Abortion (H 3322)
|
H 3322 |
Massachusetts |
Jan 22, 2019 |
Proposed |
Alaska Abolition of Abortion Act of 2019 (HB 178)
|
HB 178 |
Alaska |
May 15, 2019 |
Proposed |
‘Personhood Act of South Carolina’ (H3920)
|
H 3920 |
South Carolina |
Feb 7, 2019 |
Proposed |
‘Personhood Act of South Carolina’ (S 485)
|
S 485 |
South Carolina |
Feb 6, 2019 |
Proposed |
Michigan Bill Including ‘Fetus’ as Dependent for Tax Purposes (SB 393)
|
SB 393 |
Michigan |
Aug 20, 2019 |
Proposed |
Michigan Bill Including ‘Fetus’ as Dependent for Tax Purposes (HB 4914)
|
HB 4914 |
Michigan |
Sep 3, 2019 |
Proposed |
Sanctity of Human Life Act of 2019 (H.R. 305)
|
H.R. 305 |
Federal |
Jan 8, 2019 |
Proposed |
Michigan Lawyer for Fetuses Bill (HB 4957)
|
HB 4957 |
Michigan |
Sep 12, 2019 |
Proposed |
Life at Conception Act of 2019 (H.R. 616)
|
H.R. 616 |
Federal |
Jan 16, 2019 |
Proposed |
Child Tax Credit for Pregnant Moms Act of 2019 (H.R. 2266)
|
H.R. 2266 |
Federal |
Apr 10, 2019 |
Proposed |
Child Tax Credit for Pregnant Moms Act of 2019 (S. 1150)
|
S. 1150 |
Federal |
Apr 11, 2019 |
Proposed |
Life at Conception Act of 2019 (S. 159)
|
S. 159 |
Federal |
Jan 16, 2019 |
Proposed |