South Carolina's pro-life bill to end "legalized" abortion.
Please contact your SC State House of Representatives member to sign on as a co-sponsor of H. 3212, the Right to Life Act of South Carolina to end "legalized" abortion in South Carolina. At present there are only two co-sponsors of the pre-filed bill (the SC Legislature comes back into session on Tuesday, January 11, 2005). If your SC State House of Representatives member signs on to the bill, you will be able to see their name listed as a co-sponsor at:
http://www.scstatehouse.net/sess116_2005-2006/bills/3213.htm
The SC Republicans have controlled the SC House of Representatives since 1995 (and have been led by Rep. David Wilkins (R-Greenville) since 1995 as the Speaker of the House), and have only passed the Right to Life Act of SC out of Subcommittee in 2004. The Right to Life Act was first introduced in the SC State House of Representatives in 1998, and has been an active bill every year since (1998 through 2005). The current primary sponsors of the Right to Life Act of SC are Rep. Ralph Davenport (R-Spartanburg) and Rep. Lewis Vaughn (R-Greenville). There are 74 Republicans and 50 Democrats, in the 124-member SC House of Representatives for the 2005-2006 session.
If you need the name, addresses, e-mail, or telephone number of your SC State House of Representatives member, go to:
http://www.scstatehouse.net/html-pages/house2.html
http://www.scstatehouse.net/members/bios/0020454543.html
HOUSE MEMBER MAILING ADDRESS
You may also write any Member of the House at:
Post Office Box 11867
Columbia, S.C. 29211-1867
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South Carolina General Assembly
116th Session, 2005-2006
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H. 3213
STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. Davenport and Vaughn
Document Path: l:\council\bills\nbd\11022ac05.doc
Prefiled in the House on December 22, 2004
Currently residing in the House Committee on Judiciary
Summary: Not yet available
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12/22/2004
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A BILL
TO AMEND TITLE 1, CHAPTER 1, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF GOVERNMENT, BY ADDING ARTICLE 5, SO AS TO ENACT THE "RIGHT TO LIFE ACT OF SOUTH CAROLINA" WHICH ESTABLISHES THAT THE RIGHT TO DUE PROCESS AND THE RIGHT TO EQUAL PROTECTION VEST AT FERTILIZATION.
Whereas, the General Assembly, under Article III, Section 1A of the Constitution of the State of South Carolina, 1895, is empowered to assemble to make new laws, as the common good may require; and
Whereas, Article I, Section 3 of the Constitution of the State of South Carolina, 1895, guarantees that no person may be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law or denied the equal protection of the laws; and
Whereas, the General Assembly in the exercise of its constitutional powers and in carrying out its duties and responsibilities under the law finds it necessary and proper to ensure that the rights of its citizens extend to each newly born and preborn human person. Now, therefore,
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Title 1, Chapter 1 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Article 5
Right to Life
Section 1-1-310. This article may be cited as the 'Right to Life Act of South Carolina'.
Section 1-1-320. The right to due process, whereby no person may be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law, and the right to equal protection of the laws, both of which rights are guaranteed by Article I, Section 3 of the Constitution of this State, vest at fertilization."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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This web page was last updated on December 28, 2004 at 10:18 AM _________________________________________
Note: Identical companion bill S. 111 has been introduced in the SC State Senate by SC State Senator Mike Fair (R-Greenville).
Please contact your SC State Senator to sign on as a co-sponsor of S. 111, the Right to Life Act of South Carolina, to end "legalized" abortion in South Carolina. At present there is only one sponsor of the pre-filed bill (the SC Legislature comes back into session on Tuesday, January 11, 2005). If your SC State Senator signs onto the bill, you will be able to see his name listed as a co-sponsor at:
The SC Republicans are the majority in the SC Senate. There are 26 Republicans and 46 Democrats in the 46-member SC State Senate for the 2005-2006 session.
If you need the name, address, e-mail, or telephone number of your SC State Senator, go to:
SENATE MAILING ADDRESS
You may also write any Member of the Senate at:
Post Office Box 142
Columbia, S.C. 29202-0142
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Please help add co-sponsors to the Right to Life Act of South Carolina.
Make a copy of the SC House bill, H. 3213, from the internet:
and send by regular mail or e-mail to your SC State House of Representatives member, and ask him or her to sign on as a co-sponsor of H. 3213.
Likewise, please help add co-sponsors to the SC Senate version of the Right to Life Act of SC. Make a copy of SC Senate bill, S. 111, from the internet:
and send by regular mail or e-mail to your SC Senator, and ask him orher to sign in as a co-sponsor of S. 111.
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One of the great misconceptions that has paralyzed pro-lifers over the years is that only the US supreme Court can bring an end to abortion in the United States. This is a great mistake, and one that "history future" may well reveal to us has cost literally millions of lives because of the unnecessary and tragic delay in mobilizing pro-life advocates to persist in advancing principled pro-life legislation to end America's 32-year abortion holocaust, which has now murdered approximately 45 million unborn human beings by surgical abortion alone (and probably multiple times that number by chemical abortion through Norplant, Depo-Provera,the birth control pill, RU-486, etc.).
There are in fact numerous ways that decriminalized abortion can be ended in America.US supreme Court decisions are not the final, unalterable "Law of the Land." They are not even Legislative decisions !! See Article VI. of the United States Constitution for what the U.S. Constitution says are the three things which are the supreme "Law of the Land." You will be surprised to see that noticeably absent, is any mention of decisions by the U.S. supreme Court !
Please call, write, or e-mail your SC State House of Repesentative member today to ask him or her to co-sponsor H. 3213 (you can also write/email to Rep. Davenport and Rep. Vaughn to thank them for doing the right thing in re-introducing this bill).
Also, Please call, write, or e-mail your SC State Senator today to ask him or her to co-sponsor S. 111 (you can also write/email to Senator Mike Fair to thank him for doing the right thing in re-introducing this bill).
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No King but King Jesus !
January 3, 2005
Steve Lefemine, pro-life missionary
dir., Columbia Christians for Life
CCL lobbyist
Columbia, SC
