May 12, 2005
If you are from out-of-state (outside South Carolina), you can still e-mail these South Carolina state senators to help pass the Right to Life Act of SC (H.3213/S.111) !
If SC passes a principled, no 'exceptions' pro-life/anti-abortion bill, it may help your state pass principled legislation as well !
At least three other states have had active no 'exceptions' bills this legislative session:
1. North Dakota - House Bill No. 1227 (defeated on the House floor)
2. Georgia - House Bill HB 93 (status undetermined)
3. Ohio - House Bill 228 (recently filed)
4. South Carolina - House Bill H.3213 (passed SC House of Representatives April 14, albeit with a 'fatal flaw' rape EXCEPTION amendment added on the SC House floor prior to vote on Second Reading of the bill on April 13; H.3213 sent to SC Senate. First public hearing before Subcommittee of the Senate Judiciary Committee on May 4)
5. South Carolina - Senate Bill S.111 (companion bill to H.3213 - first public hearing before Subcommittee of the Senate Judiciary Committee on May 4)
North Dakota House Bill No. 1227
www.state.nd.us/lr/assembly/59-2005/bill-actions/ba1227.html
Georgia House Bill HB 93
www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/2005_06/search/hb93.htm
Ohio House Bill 228
www.legislature.state.oh.us/bills.cfm?ID=126_HB_228
South Carolina House Bill H.3213
http://www.scstatehouse.net/sess116_2005-2006/bills/3213.htm
South Carolina Senate Bill S.111
www.scstatehouse.net/sess116_2005-2006/bills/111.htm
Steve Lefemine, pro-life missionary
dir., Columbia Christians for Life
CCL lobbyist
Columbia, SC
www.ChristianLifeandLiberty.net
www.RighttoLifeActofSC.net
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New Updated Flyer for Right to Life Act of South Carolina (H.3213/S.111) [May 12]
TAKE ACTION TO PASS the "Right to Life Act of South Carolina"
Now is the time for action !
1. Pray* (if you are a born-again Christian)
2. Call
3. Inform others
4. E-mail
5. Write
6. Lobby
7. Donate* as you are led of the Lord, you might also consider fasting betweennow and Wednesday, May 18th, whether a regular complete fast (water-only);or some form of a partial fast (e.g., liquid/juices only; or fast one meal a day;or fast two meals a day, etc.).
UPDATE:
1. The Right to Life Act of SC passed the S.C. House of Representatives on April 14, with 52 House co-sponsors, albeit with a 'fatal flaw' rape EXCEPTION by a so-called 'morning-after-pill' (which is an abortifacient causing chemical abortions) amendment that was unfortunately added to the bill. Because it creates an "exception" to the fundamental purpose and strategy of the bill, rendering the bill now logically nonsensical, and legally indefensible (just as the "exception" in the Texas anti-abortion law challenged in Roe v. Wade over 30 years ago undermined the case that the State of Texas tried to make for fetal "personhood"), the bill passed by the SC House, H.3213, is now fatally flawed. S.111, the Senate companion bill, is still in its original, unamended state - this is the version that we should pray and work for the SC Senate to pass (see both bills by direct links from http://www.christianlifeandliberty.net/ homepage).
2. On May 4, a 4-man (3 R's, 1 D) Subcommittee of the Senate Judiciary Committee, began hearing testimony on the Right to Life Act of SC (S.111 and H.3213) in Room 207, the Gressette Building, near the SC State House.
3. On May 4, there were numerous speakers for both sides, supporting and opposing the bill, including six women from Planned Parenthood (including a medical doctor, a USC (USC is partially tax-funded) health professor, and a PP of SC Board member. PP operates a child-murder-by-abortion mill in Columbia. A Senate schedule change on May 4 shortened the available time for the public hearing; so the chairman, Senator Jim Ritchie (R-Spartanburg), informed the public in the audience present for the subcommittee hearing that another hearing will be scheduled, to allow more speakers to testify.
4. At this point, the date/time and room # for the next public hearing on S.111/H.3213, the Right to Life Act of SC, is unknown, however it is possible that it could be scheduled for 11 AM, Wednesday, May 18.
5. The four members of the Senate Subcommittee considering this bill to vest legal "personhood" for al pre-birth human beings at fertilization, thereby protecting their lives under the SC State Constitution, are:
- Senator Jim Ritchie, chair. (R-Spartanburg)
- Senator Randy Scott (R-Summerville)
- Senator Luke Rankin (R-Myrtle Beach)
- Senator Joel Lourie (D-Columbia)
The contact information for all four men is given in the flyer below. Please contact these men NLT Tuesday, May 17th (e-mail / fax / call / and/or write),
Please ask these four SC State Senators to support and vote for the language of the Right to Life Act of SC in its original form, without the rape EXCEPTION. Give them both House/Senate bill #’s: H.3213 and S.111. These Senators can remove the ‘fatal flaw’ Amendment and still, Lord willing, save this bill.
There are 46 total members in the full Senate (26 R's, 20 D's).
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FLYER - see Attachment below for properly formatted version for use as a one-page hand-out for distribution
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(5/12/05)
TAKE ACTION TO PASS
the
"Right to Life Act of South Carolina"
On Wednesday, May 4, a 4-man (3 R’s, 1 D) Subcommittee of the Senate Judiciary Comm. began hearing testimony on the Right to Life Act of SC -S.111 / H.3213 in Rm. 207, Gressette Building.
There were numerous speakers for both sides, supporting and opposing the bill, including six women from Planned Parenthood (including a medical doctor, a USC health professor, and a PP of SC Board member). PP operates a child-murder mill in Columbia. A Senate schedule change May 4 shortened the available time for the public hearing; another hearing is planned, possibly as early as Wed., May 18, to allow more to speak.
The bill passed the SC House of Representatives on April 14, albeit with a ‘fatal flaw’ rape EXCEPTION by a so-called ‘morning-after-pill’ (an abortifacient causing chemical abortions) amendment that was added to the bill. Pray the Senate will remove this ‘fatal’ amendment.
While we praise and glorify the Lord Jesus Christ for the bill’s progress, the rape EXCEPTION unravels the whole legal ‘personhood’ concept of the bill (just as a life-of-the-mother EXCEPTION in the Texas statute overturned in Roe v. Wade helped undermine the case for legal ‘personhood’ Texas tried to make over 30 years ago). CONCLUSION: The rape ‘EXCEPTION’ must be removed, or the bill must be killed.
There are presently only 6 co-sponsors of the Senate companion bill (S.111), which is still in its original form (i.e., without the rape EXCEPTION amendment like on H.3213). You can help. Please call / write / e-mail / and/or fax at least one of the subcomm.’s 3 Republicans NLT Tues., May 17th:
- Senator Jim Ritchie, chair. (R-Spartanburg)
- Senator Randy Scott (R-Summerville)
- Senator Luke Rankin (R-Myrtle Beach)
- Senator Joel Lourie (D-Columbia)
Please contact the three Republicans first, then contact Democrat Senator Joel Lourie
The Republicans outnumber the one Democrat by 3 votes to 1 vote, however none are yet S.111 co-sponsors!
Ask them to support and vote for the language of the Right to Life Act of SC in its original form, without the rape EXCEPTION. Give them both House/Senate bill #’s: H.3213 and S.111. These Senators can remove the ‘fatal flaw’ Amendment and still, Lord willing, save this bill.
If you know Jesus Christ as your Lord and Saviour, pray God would turn the hearts of all 4 members of this Senate Subcomm. (3 R's, 1 D) to support the RTL Act of SC in its original form without the rape EXCEPTION.
The "Right to Life Act of South Carolina", if passed by the Republican-majority SC Legislature, and if signed by Republican SC Governor Mark Sanford, would recognize the God-given, legal ‘personhood’ of all pre-birth human beings at fertilization under the SC State Constitution. See link to bill at ChristianLifeandLiberty.net
Contact info for SC Senators: Jim Ritchie (R), Randy Scott (R), Luke Rankin (R), & Joel Lourie (D):
NOTE: all Senators can be faxed at 803-212-6299 include the Senator’s name on whatever you fax !
Senator James H. "Jim" Ritchie, Jr.
District 13 - Greenville, Spartanburg & Union Cos.
Contact Addresses: E-Mail Address: JHR@scsenate.org
(H) 302 South Pine St., Spartanburg, 29302
Bus. (864) 585-2275 Home (864) 585-6047
(C) 608 Gressette Bldg., Columbia, 29202
Bus. (803) 212-6008/6032
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Senator Randy Scott
District 38 - Charleston & Dorchester Cos.
Contact Addresses: E-Mail Address: SCOTTR@scsenate.org
(H) 107 Cleveland St., Summerville, 29483
Bus. (843) 873-5544 Home (843) 871-2964
(C) 606 Gressette Bldg., Columbia, 29202
Bus. (803) 212-6024
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Senator Luke A. Rankin, Sr. District 33 - Horry Co.
Contact Addresses: E-Mail Address: LR@scsenate.org
(H) 201 Beaty St., Conway, 29526
Bus. (843) 248-2405 Home (843) 626-6269
(C) 508 Gressette Bldg., Columbia, 29202
Bus. (803) 212-6132
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Senator Joel Lourie District 22 - Kershaw & Richland Cos.
Contact Addresses: E-Mail Address: JBL@scsenate.org
(H) P.O. Box 6212, Columbia, 29260
Bus. (803) 765-9200 ext.257 Home (803) 787-5802
(C) 504 Gressette Bldg., Columbia, 29202
Bus. (803) 212-6116
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Prepared by Columbia Christians for Life * http://www.righttolifeactofsc.net/ * (803) 765-0916 * Columbia, SC
Note: For add’l resources that may be useful in lobbying these State Senators, go to http://www.christianlifeandliberty.net/, and click on “RTL Act of SC.” There you will find some items germaine to your lobbying effort, which may be printed out and mailed or faxed; or, e-mailed, to these Senators.
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