MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

1999 Regular Session

To: Constitution

By: Representative Formby

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE MISSISSIPPI CONSTITUTION OF 1890, TO PROVIDE THAT NOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO GRANT ANY RIGHT OR PRIVILEGE TO ANY PERSON TO ABORT A HUMAN FETUS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, That the following amendment to the Mississippi Constitution of 1890 is proposed to the qualified electors of the state:

Amend the Mississippi Constitution of 1890, by creating a new section to read as follows:

"Section ___. Nothing in this Constitution shall be construed to grant any right or privilege to any person to abort a human fetus."

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That this proposed amendment shall be submitted by the Secretary of State to the qualified electors at an election to be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November 1999, as provided by Section 273 of the Constitution and by general law.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the explanation of this proposed amendment for the ballot shall read as follows: "This proposed constitutional amendment provides that nothing in the Constitution shall be construed as granting any right or privilege to any person to abort a human fetus."