House members introduce resolution to ensure equal protection for preborn humans
On Tuesday, Representative Doug Lamborn introduced House Resolution 464The Identifying Life Resolution, which recognizes that preborn children are legal and constitutional persons entitled to the equal protection of the law, as guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution. He called on Congress to enact proportional legislation.
Lila Rose, founder and president of Live Action, praised the resolution, saying:
The United States Constitution guarantees every person equal protection under the law. A child in the womb is a person; therefore a child in the womb is guaranteed equal protection and cannot be violently and unjustly killed by abortion. Congress shares the important responsibility of ensuring that our constitutional rights are extended and protected. The question of when human life begins has been resolved; at the moment of fertilization, a new and genetically distinct person comes into being. Science confirms what people have understood throughout history: when a woman is pregnant, she carries a human child. The Recognizing Life Resolution is an important step towards stopping the illegal homicide of elective abortion. I thank Representative Lamborn and all co-sponsors in Congress who are setting out a bold pro-life agenda with one goal in mind: complete legal protection for children in the womb and an end to elective abortion in America.
The resolution “calls on the Congress of the United States to enact consistent and proportionate legislation to implement the Fourteenth Amendment’s guarantee of equal protection for unborn children throughout the nation, and on the Supreme Court of the United States to recognize and defend the right of unborn children to enjoy the equal protection of the laws in every state and federal territory.”
The resolution refers to the original drafters of the Fourteenth Amendment, including the main framer, Representative John Bingham, who wanted to ensure that “no state in the Union shall refuse to any person . . . the equal protection of the laws.”
It explained that the drafters and ratifiers of the Fourteenth Amendment intended that it should apply not only to freedmen and Black Americans but to all members of the human race within the geographical boundaries of the Constitution.
The resolution states, “They deliberately chose the broad language of ‘any person,’ to ensure that no state would again subject any class of people to low and senseless discriminatory treatment.”
It declared “based on strong historical, medical, and scientific evidence” that unborn children were persons and were understood as such at the time the Fourteenth Amendment was adopted. The Fourteenth Amendment provides for the protection of life, bodily autonomy, and security for all persons. It does not protect the so-called right to abortion as the Supreme Court wrongly ruled in 1973 when Roe v. Wade.
Finally, the resolution calls on the United States Congress to pass subsequent legislation to implement the Fourteenth Amendment’s guarantee of equal protection for the unborn and on the United States Supreme Court to recognize the right of unborn children to the full and equal protection of the laws at all times. the country.
“While we are grateful that Roe has been overturned, much remains to be done to advance and strengthen the protection of human life, beginning in the womb,” said Congressman Lamborn.
He added, “The Identifying Life Resolution is the new north star for the pro-life movement that will guide future legislation and set a precedent for our country to gain equal protection for unborn children and preserve the sanctity of life. I am pleased to introduce this resolution and look forward to continuing the pro-life momentum that is already making waves across the country.”
