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Excerpt from timesofindia.indiatimes.comA Missouri judge has determined that state lawmakers did not intend to impose their religious beliefs on residents when they passed a strict abortion ban. This ruling comes in response to a lawsuit from over a dozen Christian, Jewish, and Unitarian Universalist leaders who support abortion rights.
Last year, the groups sought a permanent injunction to prevent Missouri from enforcing its abortion law. They also requested a declaration that certain provisions violate the state Constitution.
One part of the statute in question reads: “In recognition that Almighty God is the author of life, that all men and women are ‘endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among those are Life.'”
Judge Jason Sengheiser noted in his ruling that similar language is found in the preamble to the Missouri Constitution, which refers to a “profound reverence for the Supreme Ruler of the Universe.” He pointed out that the rest of the challenged provisions do not contain explicit religious language.
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