NOTICE:  You are advised that the proposed constitutional amendment may change, repeal, or modify by implication or may be construed by some persons to change, repeal or modify by implication, the following provisions of the Constitution of Missouri - Section 32 of Article I; Section 1 of Article II; Sections 1, 21, 22, 23, 28, 36, subsections 2, 5 and 7 of Section 38(d), 39, and 42 of Article III; Sections 1, 15, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27(b), 28, 36(a), 37, 37(a), 39, 50 and 52 of Article IV; Sections 18(b), 18(c), 18(d), 18(k), 18(m), 18(q), 18(r), 19(a), 20, 26(c), 26(d), 29, 31, and 32(a) of Article VI; Sections 5, 6, and 9(a) of Article IX; Sections 1, 3, and 10(b) of Article X. 

THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT

Be it resolved by the people of the State of Missouri that the Constitution be amended:

One new section is adopted by adding one new section to be known as section 38(e) of Article III to read as follows:

Section 38(e)    1.         This section shall be known as the “Missouri Taxpayer Protection Initiative.”

2.         It shall be unlawful to expend, pay, or grant any public funds for abortion not medically necessary to save the life of the mother, for abortion services, for human cloning, or for prohibited human research.

3.         As used in this section, the following terms have the following meanings, provided, however, that nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the state from receiving or using funding under any federal public health acts, regulations, or programs existing as of September 11, 2009:

a.       “Abortion” means the intentional destruction of the life of an embryo or fetus in his or her mother’s womb or the intentional termination of the pregnancy of a mother with an intention other than to increase the probability of a live birth or to remove a dead or dying unborn child.

b.      “Abortion services” means performing, inducing, or assisting with abortions, or encouraging patients to have abortions, referring patients for abortions, not medically necessary to save the life of the mother, or development of drugs, chemicals, or devices intended to be used to induce an abortion.

c.       “Child” means a human being recognized as a minor pursuant to the laws of this state, including if in vivo, an unborn child, and if in vitro, a human being at any of the stages of biological development of an unborn child from conception or inception onward.

d.       “Human cloning” means the creation of a human being by any means other than by the fertilization of an oocyte of a human female by a sperm of a human male.

e.        “Prohibited human research” means research in a research project in which there is the taking or utilization of the organs, tissues, or cellular material of:

i.      A deceased child, unless consent is given by the parents in a manner as may be provided by law relating to anatomical gifts, and neither parent caused or contributed to the cause of the death of such child or consented to another person causing or contributing to the causing of the death of such child;

ii.      A living child, when the intended or likely result of such taking or utilization is to kill or cause harm to the health, safety, or welfare of such child, or when the purpose is to target such child for possible destruction in the future.

f.       “Public funds” means

i.      Any moneys received or controlled by the state of Missouri or any official, department, division, agency, or political subdivision thereof, including but not limited to moneys derived from federal, state or local taxes, gifts, or grants from any source, settlements of any claims or causes of action, public or private, bond proceeds, federal grants or payments, or intergovernmental transfers;

ii.      Any moneys received or controlled by an official, department, division, or agency of state government or any political subdivision thereof, or by any person or entity pursuant to appropriation by the general assembly or governing body of any political subdivision of this state.

g.       “Unborn child” means the offspring of human beings from the moment of conception until birth and at every stage of its biological development, including the human conceptus, zygote, morula, blastocyst, embryo, and fetus.

  4.         The provisions of this section are self-executing.  All of the provisions of this section are severable.  If any provision of this section is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unconstitutional or unconstitutionally enacted, the remaining provisions of this section shall be and remain valid.