Life at Conception Act of 2026

This bill declares that the constitutional right to life belongs to each human being, using Congress's powers under the 14th Amendment and Article I of the Constitution. It defines "human person" and "human being" to include every member of the human species at all stages of life, starting at fertilization, cloning, or any other moment a human comes into being. The bill states it does not require prosecuting a woman for the death of her unborn child, and does not ban in vitro fertilization or birth control. For applying the bill, the term "State" includes the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and other U.S. territories.

Full text and official record on Congress.gov

Sponsors

• Mike Rounds Republican sponsor
• 13 cosponsors