Washington Life at Conception Act (HB 1687)

This law was last updated on Jan 25, 2017

State

Washington

Number

HB 1687

Status

Failed to Pass

Proposed

Jan 26, 2015

Topics

Personhood

Full Bill Text

lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov

HB 1687 declares that life begins at conception and seeks to bestow constitutional rights to life to “human beings” at all stages of life. Under HB 1687, “human being” and “human person” include beings at all stages of life including, but not limited to, “the moment of fertilization, cloning, and other moment at which an individual member of the human species comes into being.”

STATUS

Reintroduced and retained in present status on April 29, 2015 which means it will be live in the next legislative session.