North Dakota HB 1572

North Dakota HB 1572
North Dakota State Legislature
Full namePersonhood of Children Act
Introduced2009
Senate votedApril 3, 2009 (16–29)
Sponsor(s)Rep. Dan Ruby
BillHB 1572
Websitehttps://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/61-2009/bill-index/bi1572.html
Status: Not passed

North Dakota House Bill 1572, also known as the Personhood of Children Act, was a bill introduced in 2009 by Representative Dan Ruby in the North Dakota Legislature. The bill aimed to define “individual,” “person,” or “human being” to include “any organism with the genome of Homo sapiens,” effectively granting legal personhood to human embryos and fetuses at all stages of development.