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CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
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WHEREAS, Living beings possess identifiable properties |
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through which "life," as given by God, can be defined, including a |
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complex organization, a metabolism, a responsiveness to stimuli, |
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and an ability to grow and adapt to the environment; and |
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WHEREAS, All men are endowed by their Creator with certain |
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unalienable rights; the development of a human life is set in motion |
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from the moment of fertilization, when genetic information is |
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gathered inside a cell; and |
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WHEREAS, In both the Penal Code and the Civil Practice and |
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Remedies Code, state law already provides protection for "an unborn |
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child at every stage of gestation from fertilization until birth"; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Protecting the lives of individuals as willed by |
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their Creator is an important responsibility of government, and the |
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policy of this state is to protect life at every stage, including |
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from fertilization to birth; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the 82nd Legislature of the State of Texas |
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hereby formally express its position that the life of an individual |
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begins at conception. |