| 19 | | - | That the following be proposed as an amendment to the 1 |
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| 20 | | - | Constitution of the State, which, when approved and adopted in the 2 |
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| 21 | | - | manner provided by the Constitution, shall, to all intents and 3 |
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| 22 | | - | purposes, become a part thereof: 4 |
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| 24 | + | That the following be proposed as an amendment to the Constitution 1 |
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| 25 | + | of the State, which, when approved and adopted in the manner 2 |
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| 26 | + | provided by the Constitution, shall, to all intents and purposes, become 3 |
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| 27 | + | a part thereof: 4 |
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| 27 | | - | compelling state interest. Such right shall include the right of all adults 9 |
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| 28 | | - | of this state to intimacy or marriage with another consenting adult 10 |
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| 29 | | - | regardless of sex or race, and the right of all residents of this state to 11 |
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| 30 | | - | reproductive freedom, including, but not limited to, the ability to make 12 |
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| 31 | | - | and effectuate decisions to prevent, continue or end one's own 13 |
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| 32 | | - | pregnancy. The state may not, directly or indirectly, deny, burden or 14 |
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| 33 | | - | abridge such right unless justified by a compelling state interest 15 |
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| 34 | | - | achieved by the least restrictive means. This section is intended to 16 |
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| 35 | | - | further the constitutional right to not be denied the equal protection of 17 |
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| 36 | | - | the law guaranteed by Section 20 of this article and is not a limitation 18 Substitute Senate Joint Resolution No. 42 |
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| 32 | + | compelling state interest. Such right shall include, but not be limited to, 9 |
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| 33 | + | the fundamental right to reproductive freedom, including, but not 10 |
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| 34 | + | limited to, the ability to make and effectuate decisions to prevent, 11 |
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| 35 | + | continue or end one's own pregnancy. The state may not, directly or 12 |
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| 36 | + | indirectly, deny, burden or abridge such right unless justified by a 13 |
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| 37 | + | compelling state interest achieved by the least restrictive means. This 14 Senate Joint Resolution No. 42 |
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| 43 | | - | on such right. 19 |
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| 44 | | - | RESOLVED: That the foregoing proposed amendment to the 20 |
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| 45 | | - | Constitution be continued to the next session of the General Assembly 21 |
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| 46 | | - | elected at the general election to be held on November 5, 2024, and 22 |
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| 47 | | - | published with the laws passed at the present session, or be presented 23 |
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| 48 | | - | to the electors at the general election to be held on November 5, 2024, 24 |
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| 49 | | - | whichever the case may be, according to article sixth of the 25 |
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| 50 | | - | amendments to the Constitution. The designation of said proposed 26 |
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| 51 | | - | amendment to be used on the ballots at such election shall be "Shall the 27 |
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| 52 | | - | Constitution of the State be amended to recognize a right of individual 28 |
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| 53 | | - | privacy, including the right of adults to intimacy and marriage with 29 |
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| 54 | | - | another adult regardless of sex or race and the right of all residents to 30 |
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| 55 | | - | reproductive freedom, and to prohibit the state from infringing such 31 |
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| 56 | | - | right without showing a compelling state interest?" 32 |
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| 57 | | - | Statement of Legislative Commissioners: |
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| 58 | | - | In Section 21, after "equal protection", "of the law" was added for |
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| 59 | | - | accuracy. |
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| 60 | | - | |
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| 61 | | - | GAE Joint Favorable Subst. |
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| 42 | + | section is intended to further the constitutional right to not be denied 15 |
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| 43 | + | equal protection guaranteed by Section 20 of this article and is not a 16 |
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| 44 | + | limitation on such right. 17 |
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| 45 | + | RESOLVED: That the foregoing proposed amendme nt to the 18 |
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| 46 | + | Constitution be continued to the next session of the General Assembly 19 |
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| 47 | + | elected at the general election to be held on November 5, 2024, and 20 |
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| 48 | + | published with the laws passed at the present session, or be presented 21 |
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| 49 | + | to the electors at the general election to be held on November 5, 2024, 22 |
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| 50 | + | whichever the case may be, according to article sixth of the amendments 23 |
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| 51 | + | to the Constitution. The designation of said proposed amendment to be 24 |
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| 52 | + | used on the ballots at such election shall be "Shall the Constitution of the 25 |
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| 53 | + | State be amended to recognize a right to individual privacy and to 26 |
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| 54 | + | prohibit the state from infringing such right without showing a 27 |
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| 55 | + | compelling state interest?" 28 |
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