Providing Certainty for Progenitors Act of 2016
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What it doesSummary introduced in house (Nov 14, 2016)
Providing Certainty for Progenitors Act of 2016
This bill amends the federal criminal code to make it a crime to have physical custody of a living human embryo and refuse to release the embryo for implantation in a willing implantee at the request of one of the progenitors of that embryo. A progenitor is an individual who provides an egg or a sperm cell from which an embryo is created.
A violator is subject to a fine, up to three months in prison, or both.
Additionally, the bill bars the criminal prosecution of a progenitor of an embryo that is not implanted.
What just happenedDec 5, 2016
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseNov 14, 2016
- Dec 5, 2016Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee - Nov 14, 2016IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Judiciary Committee - Nov 14, 2016IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Nov 14, 2016IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House