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Jackson, MS – Liberty Counsel joins Personhood Mississippi in announcing a Life at Conception Citizen’s Initiative, which states, “The right to life begins at conception. All human beings, at every stage of development, are unique, created in God’s image, and shall enjoy the inalienable right to life as persons under the law.”

The new proposed amendment was filed yesterday with the Mississippi Secretary of State’s office. Once the ballot title and summary have been finalized, ballot sponsors will have twelve months to collect nearly 108,000 signatures. In 2010, Personhood Mississippi submitted about 40,000 more signatures than the required number.

“We are pleased to partner with Personhood Mississippi to advance legal protections for every human being. It is undisputed medical science that human life begins at the moment of conception,” said Mat Staver, Founder and Chairman of Liberty Counsel. “The right to life is the right of all rights. Without the right to life, all other rights are meaningless. Abortion not only destroys a human life but also demeans women and destroys families. I believe that a culture of life will soon be restored in America. The days of Roe v. Wade are numbered.”

“When abortion was legalized in Mississippi, there was very little information available about the child in the womb,” explained Jennifer Mason, Personhood USA spokesperson. “Since 1973 there have been amazing developments in technology and medicine. We now know without question that the child in the womb is not just tissue, but a living, growing human being. Women deserve better than outdated speculation about pregnancy. The question is not whether or not the child in the womb is a person – the question is whether or not we will protect them.”

As efforts to pass personhood legislation and initiatives have increased, Planned Parenthood and the ACLU have filed suit to block these efforts. In Ohio and Mississippi, Liberty Counsel successfully defended against such efforts.

“Our opponents will try to scare voters with ridiculous hypotheticals about what this amendment will do,” said Steve Crampton, Vice President for Legal Affairs and General Counsel for Liberty Counsel. “I want to set the record straight about what it WON’T do. The Personhood Amendment won’t ban in vitro fertilization; it won’t ban contraception; it won’t deny healthcare to women; and it won’t put doctors at risk of prosecution for unintended injury to an unborn child. What it will do is recognize the most basic of all human rights, the right to life, for all human beings, born and unborn.”

Liberty Counsel is an international nonprofit, litigation, education, and policy organization dedicated to advancing religious freedom, the sanctity of life, and the family since 1989, by providing pro bono assistance and representation on these and related topics.
 

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