The Alabama ruling gives fertilized eggs legal protection and—wouldn’t you know it—more than 100 sitting members of Congress want to do the same thing nationwide with a fetal personhood bill. In January 2023, House Republicans introduced H.R. 431, the Life at Conception Act, and the bill text says it would “implement equal protection for the right to life of each born and preborn human person,” defining “person” as “each and every member of the species homo sapiens at all stages of life, including the moment of fertilization.” There’s no carveout for IVF and the bill would also ban all abortions nationwide. However, the bill has never had so much as a committee hearing, let alone a full floor vote, probably because it would need 218 votes to pass.
Here are the 125 Republican co-sponsors of H.R. 431, the Life at Conception Act, in alphabetical order by last name. Every House seat is up for re-election this fall, though not everyone listed is choosing to run for another term.
U.S. Representatives:
Aderholt, Robert (AL-4)
Allen, Rick W. (GA-12)
Arrington, Jodey C. (TX-19)
Babin, Brian (TX-36)
Baird, James R. (IN-4)
Balderson, Troy (OH-12)
Banks, Jim (IN-3)
Bentz, Cliff (OR-2)
Bergman, Jack (MI-1)
Biggs, Andy (AZ-5)
Bilirakis, Gus M. (FL-12)
Bishop, Dan (NC-8)
Boebert, Lauren (CO-3)
Bost, Mike (IL-12)
Brecheen, Josh (OK-2)
Buck, Ken (CO-4)
Bucshon, Larry (IN-8)
Burchett, Tim (TN-2)
Burlison, Eric (MO-7)
Cammack, Kat (FL-3)
Carey, Mike (OH-15)
Carl, Jerry L. (AL-1)
Carter, Earl L. “Buddy” (GA-1)
Carter, John R. (TX-31)
Cline, Ben (VA-6)
Cloud, Michael (TX-27)
Clyde, Andrew S. (GA-9)
Cole, Tom (OK-4)
Collins, Mike (GA-10)
Comer, James (KY-1)
Crane, Elijah (AZ-2)
Crawford, Eric A. “Rick” (AR-1)
Davidson, Warren (OH-8)
Duncan, Jeff (SC-3)
Dunn, Neal P. (FL-2)
Ellzey, Jake (TX-6)
Estes, Ron (KS-4)
Ezell, Mike (MS-4)
Fallon, Pat (TX-4)
Feenstra, Randy (IA-4)
Finstad, Brad (MN-1)
Fischbach, Michelle (MN-7)
Fitzgerald, Scott (WI-5)
Fleischmann, Charles J. “Chuck” (TN-3)
Flood, Mike (NE-1)
Foxx, Virginia (NC-5)
Franklin, C. Scott (FL-18)
Gallagher, Mike (WI-8)
Gonzales, Tony (TX-23)
Good, Bob (VA-5)
Gooden, Lance (TX-5)
Gosar, Paul A. (AZ-9)
Graves, Garret (LA-6)
Graves, Sam (MO-6)
Green, Mark E. (TN-7)
Greene, Marjorie Taylor (GA-14)
Grothman, Glenn (WI-6)
Guest, Michael (MS-3)
Guthrie, Brett (KY-2)
Harris, Andy (MD-1)
Harshbarger, Diana (TN-1)
Higgins, Clay (LA-3)
Hinson, Ashley (IA-2)
Hudson, Richard (NC-9)
Huizenga, Bill (MI-4)
Hunt, Wesley (TX-38)
Issa, Darrell E. (CA-48)
Jackson, Ronny (TX-13)
Johnson, Bill (OH-6)
Johnson, Dusty (SD-At Large)
Johnson, Mike (LA-4)
Joyce, John (PA-13)
Kelly, Trent (MS-1)
Kustoff, David (TN-8)
LaHood, Darin (IL-16)
LaMalfa, Doug (CA-1)
Lamborn, Doug (CO-5)
Latta, Robert E. (OH-5)
LaTurner, Jake (KS-2)
Lesko, Debbie (AZ-8)
Loudermilk, Barry (GA-11)
Luetkemeyer, Blaine (MO-3)
Mann, Tracey (KS-1)
Massie, Thomas (KY-4)
Mast, Brian J. (FL-21)
McClain, Lisa C. (MI-9)
McCormick, Richard (GA-6)
McMorris Rodgers, Cathy (WA-5)
Miller, Carol D. (WV-1)
Miller, Mary E. (IL-15)
Moolenaar, John R. (MI-2)
Mooney, Alexander X. (WV-2)
Moore, Barry (AL-2)
Moran, Nathaniel (TX-1)
Murphy, Gregory (NC-3)
Ogles, Andrew (TN-5)
Owens, Burgess (UT-4)
Palmer, Gary J. (AL-6)
Perry, Scott (PA-10)
Pfluger, August (TX-11)
Reschenthaler, Guy (PA-14)
Rogers, Mike D. (AL-3)
Rose, John W. (TN-6)
Rosendale Sr., Matthew M. (MT-2)
Rouzer, David (NC-7)
Rutherford, John H. (FL-5)
Scott, Austin (GA-8)
Self, Keith (TX-3)
Sessions, Pete (TX-17)
Simpson, Michael K. (ID-2)
Smith, Adrian (NE-3)
Smucker, Lloyd (PA-11)
Stauber, Pete (MN-8)
Steel, Michelle (CA-45)
Steube, W. Gregory (FL-17)
Tenney, Claudia (NY-24)
Thompson, Glenn (PA-15)
Timmons, William R. IV (SC-4)
Van Duyne, Beth (TX-24)
Waltz, Michael (FL-6)
Weber, Randy K., Sr. (TX-14)
Westerman, Bruce (AR-4)
Williams, Roger (TX-25)
Wilson, Joe (SC-2)
Yakym, Rudy (IN-2)
Bonus: While there’s no Senate companion bill for this Congressional term (2023-2024), last term, 19 Senators cosponsored the Life at Conception Act. Here are the sponsors of S. 99, with an asterisk denoting the lawmakers up for re-election this year.
U.S. Senators who sponsored a 2021 bill:
Blackburn, Marsha (TN)*
Boozman, John (AR)
Braun, Mike (IN)*
Cramer, Kevin (ND)*
Crapo, Mike (ID)
Daines, Steve (MT)
Hagerty, Bill (TN)
Hoeven, John (ND)
Inhofe, James M. (OK)
Kennedy, John (LA)
Lankford, James (OK)
Marshall, Roger (KS)
Paul, Rand (KY)
Risch, James E. (ID)
Rounds, Mike (SD)
Scott, Tim (SC)
Thune, John (SD)
Tuberville, Tommy (AL)
Wicker, Roger F. (MS)*
So, keep all this in mind when voting in November!
