SPONSOR: Moon
This bill designates Section 1.205, RSMo as the "Right to Due Process Act". The bill states that the life of each human being begins at fertilization; repeals current statutory provisions acknowledging the preemption of state law by the Constitution of the United States and decisions of the United States Supreme Court; and requires law enforcement officers, officers of the court, and any licensed or state regulated entity in Missouri to affirmatively enforce Article I, Section 10 of the Constitution of Missouri, which specifies that no person must be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law. The bill changes the terms and any reference to "unborn child" and "unborn children" to "child in a women's womb" and "children in a women's womb".
This bill is similar to HB 671 (2019).
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