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1 1 HOUSE RESOLUTION NO.___
1 2 BY ALONS, DE BOEF, BODDICKER, ROBERTS, CHAMBERS,
1 3 LALK, BOAL, LUKAN, KRAMER, KURTENBACH, and MERTZ
1 4 A Resolution to recognize that human life exists at
1 5 the point of conception.
1 6 WHEREAS, there is no agreement among the various
1 7 medical, religious, philosophical, and scientific
1 8 perspectives regarding when human life begins and
1 9 should be protected; and
1 10 WHEREAS, from a medical perspective, when human
1 11 life begins might be defined as the point that a fetus
1 12 reaches viability, but the point of viability has
1 13 grown shorter as medical science and technology have
1 14 advanced, making viability not a true measure of when
1 15 human life begins but a measure of the state of
1 16 medical science and technology; and
1 17 WHEREAS, from a religious perspective, when human
1 18 life begins might be defined as the point that the
1 19 soul is created by a higher being, but no test can
1 20 measure the creation of a soul; and
1 21 WHEREAS, from a philosophical perspective, when
1 22 human life begins might be defined as the point at
1 23 which there is consciousness of self, but this point
1 24 is not clearly measurable; and
1 25 WHEREAS, if the question of when human life begins
1 26 is considered not a medical, religious, or
1 27 philosophical question, but one of science; and
1 28 WHEREAS, from a scientific perspective, life is
1 29 defined as the state of existence characterized by
1 30 active metabolism, and a human is considered to be
2 1 alive if the human can convert nutrients into energy
2 2 for growth and cell division, both of which are
2 3 possible at conception; NOW THEREFORE,
2 4 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
2 5 That based on a scientific perspective, human life is
2 6 recognized as existing at the point of conception; and
2 7 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That by recognizing the
2 8 point at which human life first exists it is hoped
2 9 that all perspectives regarding the sanctity of human
2 10 life can work together to recognize and protect human
2 11 life beginning at the point of conception.
2 12 LSB 2807YH 80
2 13 pf/cl/14
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