Mississippi - Breakthough for the Life Movement?

Mississippi - Breakthough for the Life Movement? lowtechgrannie | September 9, 2011 at 2:26 pm | Tags: abortion, ACLU, court, Mississippi, Pesonhood Amendment, Planned Parenthood, Pro-life, voters, when life begins | Categories: Pro-Life | URL: http://wp.me/pKuKY-9hH

Mississippi voters can decide 'personhood' of the unborn

(CNN) -- Voters in Mississippi will be given a chance to decide whether life begins at conception, a controversial abortion-related ballot initiative that the state's highest court has refused to block.

The Mississippi Supreme Court late Thursday allowed Measure 26, also known as the Personhood Amendment, to appear on the state ballot November 8. The decision was a rejection of a lawsuit filed by the ACLU and abortion-rights groups.

The 7-2 ruling said those groups had not met the legal burden required to restrict the right of citizens to amend the state constitution.

"We cannot invade the territory of the legislature or the electorate to review the substantive validity of a proposed initiative, and thereby, we will honor the maxim embodied in the constitutional mandate of separate of powers," said Justice Randy Pierce for the court.   Full Story

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