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The Mississippi Supreme Court has ruled in favor of Initiative Measure 26, otherwise known as the Personhood Amendment, and will allow this historic issue to appear on the ballot on November 8. The Court denied a challenge to the constitutionality of the Amendment brought by the ACLU, Planned Parenthood, and the Center for Reproductive Rights. Steve Crampton, General Counsel of Liberty Counsel, presented argument at the Mississippi Supreme Court on behalf of the Personhood Amendment.

If passed, the law would amend the Mississippi Constitution to include an unborn child in Mississippi as a “person” and thus protected under the Constitution. Liberty Counsel represents Personhood Mississippi and expects that this Amendment could ultimately go to the United States Supreme Court and overturn Roe v. Wade, making abortion illegal nationwide.

The Court ruled 7-2 that it “cannot impede voters from submitting proposals through the voter initiative process.” The ACLU had argued that the Personhood Amendment impermissibly modifies a portion of the state Constitution’s Bill of Rights by defining the terms “person or persons.” But the Court noted that “those terms have never been defined. Therefore, Measure 26 cannot modify a definition that does not now exist.”

We are very pleased with the Court’s decision to let the people vote on this fundamental issue. Although our opponents were beaten in this lawsuit, we know that they will not stop in their desperate attempts to deny the obvious truth that life begins at conception and that every life deserves to be protected in the law. Not only Mississippians, but all Americans, should support this commonsense Amendment. 

Read our News Release for more details.

2011 Values Voter Summit

Liberty Counsel and Liberty University are co-sponsors of the sixth annual Values Voter Summit in Washington, DC, which was recently named one of the top ten conservative events. The Values Voter Summit is a three day conference, extending the opportunity to individuals to educate themselves before hitting the polls as well as rally together in support of Christian values in the political realm.

Hear from the Nation’s leaders, including Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, House Speaker John Boehner, Presidential Candidates Michele Bachmann and Rick Perry, and many more on October 7-9 at the Omni Shoreham hotel in Washington, DC. Registration ends September 20. Regular admission is $99. Students receive a $50 scholarship. Tickets can be purchased online at www.valuesvotersummit.org or by phone at 877-372-2808.

Liberty University and Liberty Counsel are sponsors only of the educational portions of the Values Voters Summit, are not sponsoring the appearance of any candidate for public office, nor do they support or oppose any candidate for elective public office.

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