Thu Jan 27, 2022 – 5:51 pm EST
WASHINGTON, D.C. (LifeSiteNews) — A Republican Congressman from Colorado introduced legislation to clearly recognize preborn personhood in federal law by replacing every instance of the word “fetus” with “unborn child.”
Introduced last month, Rep. Doug Lamborn’s Recognizing the Unborn Act implements the change across all federal statutes. “In determining the meaning of any Act of Congress, the term ‘unborn child’ means a child in utero, and the term ‘child in utero’ or ‘child, who is in utero’ means a member of the species homo sapiens, at any stage of development, who is carried in the womb,” it reads.
The bill currently has 19 co-sponsors and is pending before the House Judiciary Committee.
“Every single human, born or unborn, is endowed by their creator and deserves the right to life,” Lamborn says. “Far too often, those on the left try to dehumanize and degrade the life of unborn children. My legislation continues to fight to recognize and protect the most vulnerable in our society.”
While the change does not directly prohibit abortion, it is hoped that formally recognizing the preborn in federal law will give added weight toward their
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