HB205 known as the Life at Conception Act or the Preborn Child Equality Act of 2024 has been referred to the House Health & Social Services, Judiciary and Finance committees. The bill needs to move on from each committee to be heard on the floor of the House and continue the process to a full vote of the legislature.
Key points of the bill include:
The Life At Conception Act is a comprehensive bill that guarantees equal protection from the moment of conception without exception to the child’s age, level of development, sex, nature of conception, or any other distinguishing characteristic.
The Life At Conception Act protects all innocent human life from conception to natural death by addressing several points in Alaska’s Constitutional and Statutory Laws:
Recognizes every child’s Constitutional Rights to life, liberty, equality, equal rights, and equal protection as seen in Article 1, Section 1 of Alaska’s Constitution.
Eliminates abortion access from the right to privacy, by defining privacy to exclude the right to kill a child in accordance with Article 1, Section 22 of the Alaska State Constitution.
Defines children in the womb from the moment of conception as ‘natural persons.’
Defines conception as the beginning of the biological development of a human organism, when the sperm and egg fuse.
Defines abortion as any action taken before or during the birth of a child with the intent to kill the child.
Repeals Alaska’s current abortion laws and statutes.
Provides legal protections to medical professionals who, despite their best efforts to save the life of both mother and child, are unable to preserve the life of a child in emergency medical situations.
Provides criminal penalties for any intentional killing of a child at any age equivalent to negligent homicide, murder, or any other intentional killing of a person.
Read the full text of the bill here: HB205 Life at Conception Act