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STATe COnSTiTUTiOnAL AMenDMenT
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, adpig laguag f h Akasas ad rhd Islad sacsiuis.
Section 1.
th plicy f [
Insert name of State
] is pc h lif f vy ub child fccpi bih, h x pid by h fdal csiui.
Section 2.
nhig i his csiui shall b csud ga scu ay igh laig abi h public fudig hf.
Section 3.
n public fuds shall b usd pay f ay abi, xcp sav h lif f hh [
or as may be required by federal law
].Bsids big sipl, pacical, ad cla, h a sval is his ppsd laguag:i has b acd i h sas, i has b shw b ffciv, ad i ca acually g iffc ad d s gd w ad af
Roe v. Wade
is vud.Sci 1 f h ppsd ad is basd §2 f Ad 68 f h AkasasCsiui. I is aspiaial ad wuld guid h ipai f xisig ad fuu salaws by all bachs f sa gv.Sci 2 is basd Aicl I, § 2, f h rhd Islad Csiui. I is idd pvay bach f sa gv, icludig h judiciay, f aufacuig a igh abiud h sa csiui. I wuld als ffcivly vu ay xisig sa judicialdcisis caig such a igh.Sci 3 is basd §1 f Ad 68 f h Akasas Csiui. I is idd pv sa fudig f abi h x pid by fdal law.
Endnotes
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Paul Bjai Li, esq. is a ay i piva pacic i Illiis ad a f Gal Cusl f Aicas Uid f Lif. H is als h auh f
Abortion and State Constitutions: A State-by-State Analysis
(Calia Acadic Pss 2008).