H.R. 6313 · 114th Congress
Providing Certainty for Progenitors Act of 2016
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Alexander Mooney
- Introduced
- 2016-11-14
- Latest action
- 2016-12-05 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Summary
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.