JEFFERSON CITY, Miss. (WordNews.org) Sept. 8, 2011 — A personhood amendment opposed by Planned Parenthood will appear on a state ballot in Missouri, a ministry announced today.
The Mississippi Personhood Amendment was told today that Planned Parenthood’s motion to remove the amendment had been denied.
Personhood USA said the ACLU and Planned Parenthood had filed a lawsuit against the Mississippi Secretary of State in July, seeking to disallow Mississippi voters from voting on the amendment. Following their court loss, ACLU and Planned Parenthood appealed the decision to the state Supreme Court, where the ballot initiative was upheld.
“Just as this court cannot prohibit legislators from offering proposals in the House or Senate, this court cannot impede voters from submitting proposals through the voter initiative process,” the court ruled.
The one-sentence amendment, Initiative Measure Number 26, reads: “The term ‘person’ or ‘persons’ shall include every human being from the moment of fertilization, cloning or the functional equivalent thereof.”
Keith Mason, president of Personhood USA, said: “Mississippians volunteered thousands of hours of their time to ensure that voters would have the right to vote on this pro-life amendment, and their voices should be heard.”
The campaign to pass Amendment 26 kicks off tonight with an event featuring keynote speaker former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee and Christian music artist Mark Schultz.
For more information, visit: personhoodusa.com.