Ending Abortion-on-Demand
Life at Conception Act
(H.R. 722 - 119th Congress)
A Frontal Assault on Abortion-on-Demand
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​​​​For 50 years, nine unelected men and women on the Supreme Court played God with innocent human life. They invented laws that condemned to painful deaths without trial more than 68 million babies for the crime of being "inconvenient."
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Now, even though Roe v. Wade has been overturned, the slaughter still continues virtually unchanged as many states double down on abortion.
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– States like Massachusetts, Illinois, and California shelter the abortionists who flood pro-life states with lethal abortion pills through the mail.
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​ – Seven state constitutions contain absolute rights to abortion-on-demand.
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​ – Abortionists lure tens of thousands of minors across state lines every year to avoid state parental notification laws.
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​In the past, many in the pro-life movement felt limited to protecting a life here and there -- passing limited laws that only slightly control abortion.​​​ But Congress has the power to stop this slaughter entirely by passing the Life at Conception Act -- the one bill in Congress that would end abortion by applying the Constitution instead of amending it.
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Life at Conception Act Uses Supreme Court Precedent
To End Abortion by Defining When Life Begins
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The Life at Conception Act would establish that unborn children are "persons," as defined by the 14th Amendment to the Constitution, and therefore are entitled to legal protection.
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​This is the one thing even the Supreme Court admitted in Roe v. Wade would cause the case for legal abortion to "collapse."
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​When the Supreme Court handed down its now-infamous Roe v. Wade decision, it claimed it could legalize abortion because it couldn’t define personhood. The justices wrote: "We need not resolve the difficult question of when life begins . . . the judiciary at this point in the development of man's knowledge is not in a position to speculate as to the answer."
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Also in that decision, however, the Supreme Court admitted that legalized abortion would halt if the unborn were established as persons, writing: "If this suggestion of personhood is established, the [right to an abortion] collapses, for the fetus' right to life is then guaranteed specifically by the [14th] Amendment."
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​​​ The United States Constitution Protects All Persons, Including the Unborn
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The fact is, the 14th Amendment couldn't be clearer: "nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law, nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the law."
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Research by constitutional scholars such as Professors Robert George of Princeton University and John Finnis of Notre Dame and Oxford demonstrates that the clear, original intent of the 14th Amendment was that the word “person” was meant to include all persons, beginning at the moment of conception.
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Life at Conception Act Would End Abortion-on-Demand
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​​​Furthermore, the 14th Amendment gives Congress the power to protect all human life by saying: "Congress shall have power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article." That's exactly what a Life at Conception Act would do. ​
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But this simple, logical, and obviously right legislation will not become law without a fight. ​And that's where your help is critical.
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Fight to End Abortion-on-Demand Heats Up in Congress​​​​
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Continued efforts have led to ever-increasing support for a Life at Conception Act in Congress.
​By lobbying candidates for Congress, National Pro-Life Alliance members have garnered more pledged support for the Life at Conception Act in each of the last three elections for Congress.
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​Once again in the 119th Congress, NPLA members continue to hold their politicians accountable and ultimately push for up or down votes on the Life at Conception Act, introduced in the U.S. House by Congressman Eric Burlison (R-MO).​
