Life at Conception Act of 2026

Key Points

• Congress declares that the Constitution’s right to life applies to humans starting at fertilization (or cloning).
• This could be used to argue that unborn children have the same constitutional protections as people who are already born.
• The bill says it should not be read to require prosecuting a woman for the death of her unborn child.
• The bill also says it should not be read as banning in vitro fertilization or birth control that prevents fertilization.
• If this approach became law and was upheld in court, it could reshape abortion rules nationwide by treating the unborn as constitutional “persons.”