The Human Life Amendment is the name for any amendment to the United States Constitution that would have the effect of overturning the Supreme Court 1973 decision Roe v. Wade, that denied states the authority to prohibit abortion. All of these amendment proposals seek to overturn Roe v. Wade, but most of them go further by forbidding both Congress and the states from legalizing abortion. Some of the proposals define human life as beginning with conception or fertilization.
These amendments are sponsored or supported by the United States pro-life movement and opposed by the United States pro-choice movement. None of these proposals have succeeded.
Read more about Human Life Amendment: History of The Human Life Amendment, 2012 Developments
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