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The '''Human Life Amendment''' is the name for any amendment to the [[United States Constitution]] that would have the effect of overturning ''[[Roe v. Wade]]'', the Supreme Court decision that denied states the authority to regulate [[abortion]]. Several different Human Life Amendments have been proposed in Congress since 1973. No Human Life Amendment, however, has ever been approved by Congress.

The '''Human Life Amendment''' is the name for any amendment to the [[United States Constitution]] that would have the effect of overturning ''[[Roe v. Wade]]'', the Supreme Court decision that denied states the authority to regulate [[abortion]]. Several different Human Life Amendments have been proposed in Congress since 1973, including one introduced by congressman [[Lawrence Joseph Hogan, Sr.]] eight days following the Supreme Court ruling.<ref>[https://www.congress.gov/bill/93rd-congress/house-joint-resolution/261 H.J.Res.261 - Joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States guaranteeing the right to life to the unborn, the ill, the aged, or the incapacitated.]. ''congress.gov''. Retrieved July 24, 2021.</ref> No Human Life Amendment, however, has ever been approved by Congress.

There have been several different Human Life Amendments, but the text of the most common version reads as follows:

There have been several different Human Life Amendments, but the text of the most common version reads as follows:

: ''Section 3. The Congress and the several States shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.''

: ''Section 3. The Congress and the several States shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.''

[[Category:United States Constitution]]

[[Category:United States Constitution]]

[[Category:Pro-Life]]

[[Category:Pro-Life]]