House Bill 523 — sponsored by Republican Reps. Richard White and Josh Calloway — would allow homicide charges to be brought in cases where "the victim is an unborn child."
The bill invokes religious language, arguing "all innocent human life created in the image of God" should be equally protected under the laws from "fertilization to natural death."
Two exceptions include what the measure calls "spontaneous miscarriages" and "lawful medical procedures" to save the mother's life.
Supporters of the legislation rallied in the well of the State Capitol on Friday.
The bill is being called the Prenatal Equal Protection Act.
