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Amend the resolution by striking out all of Section 25 and inserting the following:
‘Section 25.  Equal protection based on the sex of an individual.  An individual may not be denied equal protection under the law based on the sex of the individual. Nothing in this section secures or protects a right to abortion or requires the State to fund abortion.’
Amend the resolution by striking out all of the question (page 1, lines 15 to 17 in L.D.) and inserting the following:
 
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"Do you favor amending the Constitution of Maine to prohibit the denial of equal protection under the law based on the sex of an individual and to make clear that the prohibition does not secure or protect a right to abortion or funding of abortion by the State?"
 
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SUMMARY
This amendment proposes to amend the Constitution of Maine to prohibit the denial of equal protection under the law based on the sex of an individual. It makes clear that the prohibition does not secure or protect a right to abortion or funding of abortion by the State.