Pros and Cons of the Life at Conception Act
Protecting the unborn vs. infringing on women’s freedoms
Rep. Eric Burlison (R-Mo.) introduced an act on Jan. 24 that would define life as beginning at conception, giving fertilized eggs and embryos full legal protection under law and laying the groundwork for a federal abortion ban. The Life at Conception Act (H.R. 722) could be interpreted as making abortion murder under the law, though the bill does stipulate that women could “not be prosecuted for the death of her unborn child,” presumably referring to miscarriage. The act also would count embryos as people under the 14th Amendment, which would include them in population counts to determine the number of…
