H.J.Res. 198 — A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States for the protection of unborn children and other purposes.

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Constitutional Amendment - Defines "person" to include the unborn for the purpose of the right to life guarantee.

Prohibits the performance of any abortion except under a law which: (1) authorizes an abortion only when there is a reasonable medical certainty that the mother's death would otherwise result; and (2) every reasonable effort is made to preserve the life of any person who is the subject of the abortion.

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1981-03-04
Introduced in House
1981-03-04
Introduced in House
1981-03-04
Referred to House Committee on The Judiciary.
1981-03-06
Referred to Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights.

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States for the protection of unborn children and other purposes.

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