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2011 Alaska Attorney General Reports and Opinions 1 (2011)

handle is hein.sag/sagak0058 and id is 1 raw text is: Sean Parnell, Governor DIMOND COURT HOUSE DEPARTMENT OF LAW P.O. BOX 110300 JLNEAU, ALASKA 99811-0300 PHONE: (907) 465-3600 FAX: (907) 465-2539 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GEAERAL January 10, 2011 The Honorable Mead Treadwell Lieutenant Governor P.O. Box 110015 Juneau, Alaska 99811-0015 Re: Review of 1ONRTL Initiative Application A.G. File No: JU2010-201-984 Dear Lieutenant Governor Treadwell: You have asked us to review an application for an initiative entitled The Natural Right to Life Initiative. The application was received by your office on November 12, 2010. Under AS 15.45.070, you have 60 days from the date of receipt, or until January 11, 2011, to either certify the application or notify the initiative committee of the grounds for denial. In brief, we have completed our legal review and find that the application proposes a bill that is clearly unconstitutional and therefore recommend that you not certify the application. Our detailed analysis follows. I. SUMMARY OF THE PROPOSED BILL The proposed bill provides: Natural Right to Life Initiative BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA *Section 1. AS 18. is amended by adding a new chapter to read: Chapter. 18.01. Natural Right to Life. *Section. 18.01.01. Natural Right to Life. The State of Alaska shall protect the natural right to life and body of all mankind from the beginning of biological development. We the People affirm that the natural right to