North Dakota legislation · 69th Legislative Assembly
North Dakota HB1373: A BILL for an Act to create and enact a new section to chapter 12.1-16, a new section to chapter 12.1-17, and two new sections to chapter 32-21 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the definition of human being and person as the terms relate to the offenses of murder and assault, and civil actions for death caused by wrongful acts.
Status: Failed, February 12, 2025
Relating to the definition of human being and person as the terms relate to the offenses of murder and assault, and civil actions for death caused by wrongful acts.
What the bill says
A bill for an Act to create and enact a new section to chapter 12.1-16, a new section to chapter 12.1-17, and two new sections to chapter 32-21 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the definition of human being and person as the terms relate to the offenses of murder and assault, and civil actions for death caused by wrongful acts.
From the introduced text, January 13, 2025:
A BILL for an Act to create and enact a new section to chapter 12.1-16, a new section to chapter 12.1-17, and two new sections to chapter 32-21 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the definition of human being and person as the terms relate to the offenses of murder and assault, and civil actions for death caused by wrongful acts. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NORTH DAKOTA: SECTION 1. A new section to chapter 12.1-16 of the North Dakota Century Code is created and enacted as follows: Definitions - Application . 1. As used in this chapter: a. "Human being" includes an unborn child. b. "Unborn child" means an individual living human child before birth from the beginning of biological development at the moment of fertilization upon the fusion of a human spermatozoon with a human ovum. 2. This chapter does not apply to the unintentional death of an unborn child resulting from: a. Acts performed under the usual and customary standards of medical practice during diagnostic testing; b. A procedure undertaken to save the life of a mother when accompanied by reasonable steps to save the life of the unborn child; or c. Spontaneous miscarriage. SECTION 2. A new section to chapter 12.1-17 of the North Dakota Century Code is created and enacted …