Comments on H.R.618 (Right to Life Act) and S.3111 (Life at Conception Act):
(see text of bills at http://thomas.loc.gov/)
BOTH H.R.618 (US House) and S.3111 (US Senate) are excellent "Personhood" bills and should be passed immediately by Congress and signed by the President - either of these bills would END abortion in America according to the plain text of the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision which said:
"If this suggestion of personhood is established, the appellant's case [i.e., the pro-abortion legal argument], of course, collapses, for the fetus' right to life is then guaranteed by the [14th]Amendment."
[Note: the 5th Amendment (US Const.) is preferred to the problematic 14th]
H.R. 618 was re-introduced by Congressman Duncan Hunter (R-CA) on January 22, 2007. He has introduced this bill again and again, year after year, for now 12 YEARS, since 1997.
105th Congress (1997-1998) - HR 641, "Right to Life Act of 1997"
Introduced Feb. 6, 1997 by Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA); 43 co-sponsors
In 2006, when the Republicans were still in the majority in the US House (as they had been continuously since Jan 1995), there were over 100 co-sponsors of H.R. 552 (109th Congress, 2005-2006) and the Republican leadership "pro-life" frauds never even had as much as a SUB-committee public hearing, in 10 years. Despite Republican majorities in the US House for 12 years (1995-2006), the bill has NEVER had even a subcommittee public hearing.
For further information, see:
NO PUBLIC HEARING FOR RIGHT TO LIFE ACT, EVEN AFTER 12 STRAIGHT YEARS OF REPUBLICAN CONTROL !!!
http://www.christianlifeandliberty.net/HR552-05.doc
S.3111, a companion bill in the US Senate to H.R. 618, was introduced for the first time by Senator Roger Wicker (MS-R), just recently on June 11, 2008.
ABORTION COULD HAVE BEEN ENDED IN JANUARY 1973 IF CONGRESS AND THE PRESIDENT HAD SIMPLY PASSED PERSONHOOD LEGISLATION, VESTING LEGAL PERSONHOOD AT FERTILIZATION WITH NO EXCEPTIONS.
There are presently a total of 112 sponsors of H.R.618 in the US House, and 13 sponsors of S.3111 in the US Senate. On Election Day, November 4, 2008, no American voter who considers themselves "pro-life" should cast a vote for ANY INCUMBENT who is not a co-sponsor of H.R.618 (for US Congressmen) or S.3111 (for US Senators). Yes, this IS a "litmus test" !
Lastly, H.R.618 is entitles the "Right to Life Act," while S.3111 is entitles the "Life at Conception Act." The former is a better title than the latter. The issue is not LIFE beginning at conception (sadly, in our perverted legal system that is not enough). The issue is the RIGHT to life, by establishing (under our current system) legal PERSONHOOD at fertilization (a better term that "conception" because the pro-aborts/Planned Parenthood, et al, try to re-define "conception" as implantation).
Please consider sponsorship of H.R.618 and S.3111 as a minimum standard for ANYONE, including presidential candidates (including pro-abort Republican presumptive nominee, CFR-member John McCain) who wishes to describe themselves as "pro-life," as we are now about four months from Election Day, November 4, 2008.
Steve Lefemine, pro-life missionary
dir., Columbia Christians for Life
Columbia, South Carolina
(803) 765-0916
www.ChristianLifeandLiberty.net
www.RighttoLifeActofSC.net
July 7, 2008
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Life at Conception Act - an overview
http://www.prolifealliance.com/LCA%20Fact%20Sheet.pdf
Provides Basis for Protection of All Unborn by Legislatively Establishing Personhood.
A Life at Conception Act - as introduced by Congressman Duncan Hunter (H.R. 618) - is legislation that, quite simply, would declare the unborn to be “persons” under the 14th Amendment to the Constitution, and therefore entitled to the right to life guaranteed therein. The 14th Amendment states:
“No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.”
Uses Rather than Amends the Constitution Since Congress May Define Personhood.
Section 5, 14th Amendment - “Congress shall have the power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article.”
In the past, corporations have been found to be “persons” under the 14th Amendment and the Supreme Court has upheld this notion providing a clear precedent for legislatively defining who or what is in fact a “person” under the Amendment. Certainly a human being yet to be born -- possessing its own unique set of human DNA -- is more worthy of the term “person” than a
“The Congress shall have power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article.”
Roe v. Wade would be Effectively Reversed.
Abortion Never Declared Absolute Right - Abortion has never been declared by the Court to be an absolute constitutional right. In fact, when writing the majority opinion in Roe v. Wade, Justice Harry Blackmun wrote:
"We need not resolve the difficult question of when life begins . . . the judiciary at this point in the development of man's knowledge, is not in a position to speculate as to the answer."
The Court then admitted:
"If this suggestion of personhood is established, the appellant's case [i.e. "Roe" who sought the abortion], of course, collapses, for the fetus' right to life is then guaranteed by the [14th] Amendment."
A Life at Conception Act, by establishing personhood for the unborn, would do just that.
Technological Advances Settle Question of When Life Begins - Abortion was legalized more than thirty years ago. Since 1973 there have been major breakthroughs in medical technology. We can now detect a fetal heartbeat only 5 weeks after conception and fetal brain waves can be measured at just 8 weeks. Ultrasound allows us to see a baby as he moves, sleeps and sucks his thumb in the womb. Today human DNA is used as irrefutable proof of a criminal suspect’s guilt or innocence. The fact that each of us possesses a full and unique set of human DNA from the moment of conception is irrefutable proof that we are members of the human race or “persons.”
Most Americans Agree that Life Begins at Conception.
Recent polls have demonstrated that a clear majority of Americans believe that life begins at the moment of conception. One such poll, conducted by Newsweek and published as a cover story, showed that 58% believe that at the moment an egg is fertilized a new human life begins.
A Constitutional Amendment is Not Necessary in Dealing with Roe v. Wade.
The Constitution guarantees the right to life (14th Amendment); it just needs to be enforced.
An amendment to the Constitution requires a two-thirds majority vote in both houses of Congress and must be ratified by 38 states. Since a Life at Conception Act uses existing language in the 14th Amendment to protect the unborn, it requires only a simple majority vote in both Houses and the President’s signature for passage.
The Life at Conception Act Ends Experimentation on Humans Without Prohibiting Effective Stem Cell Research.
This legislation protects human life from the moment of conception. Since adult stem cells are not and cannot become a human life, this bill will have no affect on adult stem cell research, which has been successfully used for many years in the treatment of a variety of diseases.
However, it would prohibit experiments on baby embryos where the human life is intentionally created and destroyed. Such experiments on human babies have been unproven and unpredictable.
The Life at Conception Act would be Enforced Through Elected Legislatures, NOT the Hostile Federal Court System.
By legislatively defining life as beginning at the moment of conception, the Life at Conception Act provides all human life with the protection of the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which protects “life, liberty and property.”
In that way, this legislation will remove all obstacles in which unelected judges, by judicial edict, prevent the people and their elected officials from enacting any protection of human life.
With judicial obstacles gone, Congress and state legislatures can then craft language with the specific protections and penalties.
A Life at Conception Act is Consistent with Supreme Court Precedent.
Since the Life at Conception Act must pass by majority vote in both Houses of Congress, and be signed into law by the President, the measure will go to the Court with considerable backing in the likely event it is challenged.
Furthermore, if the court attempted to backpedal on its language in Roe v. Wade permitting this legislation, Congress could use its power under Article 3, Section 2 of the Constitution to change the jurisdiction of federal courts and eliminate their jurisdiction over abortion.
This kind of legislation has been used by Congress before to reign in the Courts on other themes (see Norris LaGuardia Act). At that time, judges would know that being “fired” from jurisdiction over abortion would be a real threat to their power since it would require the same majority as the Life at Conception Act.
The threat of limiting jurisdiction is a check and balance written by our founding fathers that would be very persuasive in deterring judges from setting themselves up as absolute dictators.
A Life at Conception Act is the Best Vehicle for Making Progress in Defense of the Sanctity of Life.
The bill will be considered by the Subcommittee on the Constitution in the House and by the Judiciary Committee in the Senate. To get action on the bill, it is essential to recruit a large number of cosponsors.
Through its nationwide Federal Pro-Life Candidate Survey Program and member communications, the National Pro-Life Alliance is stressing that cosponsoring the Life at Conception Act is the true measure of an elected official’s commitment to the pro-life cause.
Of course, the House and Senate have recently overwhelmingly passed measures like the Partial- Birth Abortion Ban and the Unborn Victims of Violence Act. So the political climate is favorable to the question of defining personhood, which is what the Life at Conception Act does.
Win or lose, a mere vote on this issue will give pro-life activists a reason to mobilize for those candidates who truly support the sanctity of life.
National Pro-Life Alliance
4521 Windsor Arms Court • Annandale, VA 22003
(703) 321-8380 • http://www.prolifealliance.com/
June 04, 2008
Montana Personhood Amendment stirring controversy in MT
www.montanasnewsstation.com/Global/story.asp?S=8417347&nav=menu227_6/Global/category.asp?C=50434,menu227_6
CI-100 stirring controversy in MT
[emphasis added]
Posted: June 3, 2008 11:33 AM EDT
Updated: June 4, 2008 12:15 PM EDT
State Representative Rick Jore of Ronan
Voters on Tuesday will be facing a number of ballot issues when they head to the polls and may be approached by two groups about one particular ballot issue.
While it's not unusual to be asked to sign petitions for ballot initiatives on primary election day, it is not normal to have people outside your polling place telling you not to sign something.
The measure in question is Constitutional Initiative 100 (CI-100), which is the Montana Personhood Amendment, which would change the constitution to provide full legal rights for all human life beginning at conception.
State Representative Rick Jore of Ronan tried to do the same thing in the 2007 legislature, but his bill failed. So now, Jore has organized a campaign to change the constitution through a citizen initiative.
He and his supporters have until June 20th to collect more than 44,000 signatures. But, that effort has led to active opposition from abortion rights organizations and others who don't want the measure to make the ballot.
"We're hoping our efforts at least are geared toward getting volunteers to the polling places in as many places as we can" explains Jore. "We've got some very dedicated and passionate volunteers that I personally am very proud of."
"We actually think there is an opportunity to keep this from qualifying for the ballot. And we do have volunteers who are trained to be out and talking pro-actively to people about CI-100. And we hope people will decline to sign the petition" says Allyson Hagen with NARAL-Pro Choice Montana.
All content © Copyright 2004 - 2008, WorldNow, Montana's News Station
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"Personhood Song" - Artist: Tony Funderbunk (4:06 - audio link)
"Give an unborn baby personhood..."
www.coloradorighttolife.org/files/audio/personhood.mp3
Montana - CI-100, the Montana Personhood Amendment
www.life2008.org/ballotaccess/ [Go to: "download the petition" ]
Type Bill: state-level personhood constitutional amendment by citizen petition
Montana - HB 403
http://data.opi.mt.gov/bills/2007/billhtml/HB0403.htm
Type bill: state-level personhood constitutional amendment introduced in Montana Legislature
2007-2008 State-Level Personhood (and other selected) Legislation
- Including State-Level Personhood Bills and Personhood Constitutional Amendments
- AL, CO, GA, MT, SC, VA
Updated February 14, 2008
http://righttolifeactofsc.blogspot.com/2008/02/2007-2008-state-level-personhood-and.html
CI-100 stirring controversy in MT
[emphasis added]
Posted: June 3, 2008 11:33 AM EDT
Updated: June 4, 2008 12:15 PM EDT
State Representative Rick Jore of Ronan
Voters on Tuesday will be facing a number of ballot issues when they head to the polls and may be approached by two groups about one particular ballot issue.
While it's not unusual to be asked to sign petitions for ballot initiatives on primary election day, it is not normal to have people outside your polling place telling you not to sign something.
The measure in question is Constitutional Initiative 100 (CI-100), which is the Montana Personhood Amendment, which would change the constitution to provide full legal rights for all human life beginning at conception.
State Representative Rick Jore of Ronan tried to do the same thing in the 2007 legislature, but his bill failed. So now, Jore has organized a campaign to change the constitution through a citizen initiative.
He and his supporters have until June 20th to collect more than 44,000 signatures. But, that effort has led to active opposition from abortion rights organizations and others who don't want the measure to make the ballot.
"We're hoping our efforts at least are geared toward getting volunteers to the polling places in as many places as we can" explains Jore. "We've got some very dedicated and passionate volunteers that I personally am very proud of."
"We actually think there is an opportunity to keep this from qualifying for the ballot. And we do have volunteers who are trained to be out and talking pro-actively to people about CI-100. And we hope people will decline to sign the petition" says Allyson Hagen with NARAL-Pro Choice Montana.
All content © Copyright 2004 - 2008, WorldNow, Montana's News Station
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"Personhood Song" - Artist: Tony Funderbunk (4:06 - audio link)
"Give an unborn baby personhood..."
www.coloradorighttolife.org/files/audio/personhood.mp3
Montana - CI-100, the Montana Personhood Amendment
www.life2008.org/ballotaccess/ [Go to: "download the petition" ]
Type Bill: state-level personhood constitutional amendment by citizen petition
Montana - HB 403
http://data.opi.mt.gov/bills/2007/billhtml/HB0403.htm
Type bill: state-level personhood constitutional amendment introduced in Montana Legislature
2007-2008 State-Level Personhood (and other selected) Legislation
- Including State-Level Personhood Bills and Personhood Constitutional Amendments
- AL, CO, GA, MT, SC, VA
Updated February 14, 2008
http://righttolifeactofsc.blogspot.com/2008/02/2007-2008-state-level-personhood-and.html
June 03, 2008
Unborn Personhood on Colorado Ballot
American RTL Elated at Historic Development
www.covenantnews.com/newswire/archives/042573.html
[emphasis added]
May 30, 2008
DENVER, May 30, 2008/Covenant News Wire Service/"For the first time in forty years of 'legalized' child killing, pro-lifers have moved an entire state to consider the God-given right to life of the unborn," said Brian Rohrbough, president of American RTL. "We thank sponsor Kristi Burton of Colorado for Equal Rights, the 500 participating churches, and Colorado RTL for getting personhood on the November ballot."
The Colorado Secretary of State's office validated 103,000 signatures on human life petitions, 27,000 more than required to force a statewide vote. If passed, the Colorado constitution would define 'person' as "any human being from the moment of fertilization."
"Abortion is wrong because it's a baby; it's always wrong to intentionally kill a baby," said Rohrbough, "even when its father is a criminal, as with incest."
American RTL has launched its Colorado personhood campaign with a rebuttal to the so-called 'hard cases' of abortion for incest.
"The abortion clinic covers up the crime of incest, and typically sends the victim back home to her rapist," the group's website states. "Even worse, they often send her home with her rapist, the criminal who brought her to the clinic."
"There are no 'hard cases'," said Steve Curtis, the group's vice president and former chair of the Colorado Republican Party. "Abortion for incest emboldens a criminal to rape his young relative, helps him escape being caught, tempts him to repeat his crime, and is not compassionate because it kills a baby and increases the woman's suffering." Rohrbough added, "Personhood for the unborn helps people understand there are no hard cases when deciding to protect a baby; you don't kill the baby because her father is a criminal."
"Abortion clinics nationwide refuse to comply with mandatory reporting laws for suspected child rape," said Jo Scott, director of Pro-Life Colorado. "We brought audio taped evidence provided by Life Dynamics of that failure to the Colorado attorney general's office, and they choose to look the other way; personhood for the unborn will reduce crimes against women and children."
"American RTL applauds the dozens of Colorado politicians and candidates who have publicly endorsed the personhood amendment," says AmericanRTL.org, "and urges all Christians, pro-life leaders and organizations to support personhood as the only foundation on which to reverse the de-criminalization of killing unborn children."
Media contact:
Donna Ballentine
American Right to Life
1-888-888-ARTL (2785)
E-mail office@AmericanRTL.org
http://americanrtl.org/
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"Personhood Song" - Artist: Tony Funderbunk (4:06 - audio link)
"Give an unborn baby personhood..."
www.coloradorighttolife.org/files/audio/personhood.mp3
Colorado - Human Life Amendment
http://coloradoforequalrights.com/files/initiativetext.pdf
Type Bill: state-level personhood constitutional amendment by citizen petition
2007-2008 State-Level Personhood (and other selected) Legislation
- Including State-Level Personhood Bills and Constitutional Amendments
- AL, CO, GA, MT, SC, VA
Updated February 14, 2008
http://righttolifeactofsc.blogspot.com/2008/02/2007-2008-state-level-personhood-and.html
www.covenantnews.com/newswire/archives/042573.html
[emphasis added]
May 30, 2008
DENVER, May 30, 2008/Covenant News Wire Service/"For the first time in forty years of 'legalized' child killing, pro-lifers have moved an entire state to consider the God-given right to life of the unborn," said Brian Rohrbough, president of American RTL. "We thank sponsor Kristi Burton of Colorado for Equal Rights, the 500 participating churches, and Colorado RTL for getting personhood on the November ballot."
The Colorado Secretary of State's office validated 103,000 signatures on human life petitions, 27,000 more than required to force a statewide vote. If passed, the Colorado constitution would define 'person' as "any human being from the moment of fertilization."
"Abortion is wrong because it's a baby; it's always wrong to intentionally kill a baby," said Rohrbough, "even when its father is a criminal, as with incest."
American RTL has launched its Colorado personhood campaign with a rebuttal to the so-called 'hard cases' of abortion for incest.
"The abortion clinic covers up the crime of incest, and typically sends the victim back home to her rapist," the group's website states. "Even worse, they often send her home with her rapist, the criminal who brought her to the clinic."
"There are no 'hard cases'," said Steve Curtis, the group's vice president and former chair of the Colorado Republican Party. "Abortion for incest emboldens a criminal to rape his young relative, helps him escape being caught, tempts him to repeat his crime, and is not compassionate because it kills a baby and increases the woman's suffering." Rohrbough added, "Personhood for the unborn helps people understand there are no hard cases when deciding to protect a baby; you don't kill the baby because her father is a criminal."
"Abortion clinics nationwide refuse to comply with mandatory reporting laws for suspected child rape," said Jo Scott, director of Pro-Life Colorado. "We brought audio taped evidence provided by Life Dynamics of that failure to the Colorado attorney general's office, and they choose to look the other way; personhood for the unborn will reduce crimes against women and children."
"American RTL applauds the dozens of Colorado politicians and candidates who have publicly endorsed the personhood amendment," says AmericanRTL.org, "and urges all Christians, pro-life leaders and organizations to support personhood as the only foundation on which to reverse the de-criminalization of killing unborn children."
Media contact:
Donna Ballentine
American Right to Life
1-888-888-ARTL (2785)
E-mail office@AmericanRTL.org
http://americanrtl.org/
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"Personhood Song" - Artist: Tony Funderbunk (4:06 - audio link)
"Give an unborn baby personhood..."
www.coloradorighttolife.org/files/audio/personhood.mp3
Colorado - Human Life Amendment
http://coloradoforequalrights.com/files/initiativetext.pdf
Type Bill: state-level personhood constitutional amendment by citizen petition
2007-2008 State-Level Personhood (and other selected) Legislation
- Including State-Level Personhood Bills and Constitutional Amendments
- AL, CO, GA, MT, SC, VA
Updated February 14, 2008
http://righttolifeactofsc.blogspot.com/2008/02/2007-2008-state-level-personhood-and.html
June 02, 2008
Colorado Human Life Amendment Signatures Certified - Historic Amendment Officially on November's Ballot
Human Life Amendment Signatures Certified
- Historic Amendment Officially on November's Ballot
www.covenantnews.com/newswire/archives/042535.html
[emphasis added]
May 29, 2008
DENVER, May 29, 2008 / Covenant News Wire Service / For the first time in US history, the issue of personhood will be decided in the public forum by a constitutional amendment.
Colorado for Equal Rights was notified today by the Colorado Secretary of State's Office that enough valid signatures were submitted to put the Every Human is a Person amendment on the November 2008 ballot. The Secretary of State's Office's random sampling indicated that there were 103,377 valid signatures, surpassing the 76,047 valid signatures that were required.
"The people of Colorado have spoken, the Secretary of State's Office has certified our signatures, and our equal rights amendment will be on November's ballot," stated Kristi Burton, initiative sponsor. "All humans should be protected by love and by law, and this amendment is a historic effort to ensure equal rights for every person."
Colorado for Equal Rights has demonstrated an unparalleled grassroots effort thus far, with likely more volunteer circulators than any other ballot initiative in the State's history. The grassroots initiative had over 1,300 volunteer petition circulators.
"We at Colorado for Equal Rights are incredibly thankful for our many volunteers who worked so hard for each signature we delivered to the Secretary of State's Office and the churches who stood behind us and supported us," Burton continued. "This victory is the voice of the people and all credit goes our Creator." Colorado for Equal Rights is a statewide grassroots organization of concerned citizens who value human life. Colorado for Equal Rights is sponsoring the Human Life Amendment to the Colorado constitution, stating "(t)he term 'Person' or 'Persons' shall include any human from the time of fertilization."
For more information contact:
Kristi Burton
719-661-8827
E-mail kristiburton@gmail.com
http://www.ColoradoforEqualRights.com
Posted by Editor at May 29, 2008 03:37 PM
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Colorado - Human Life Amendment
http://coloradoforequalrights.com/files/initiativetext.pdf
Type Bill: state-level personhood constitutional amendment by citizen petition
2007-2008 State-Level Personhood (and other selected) Legislation
- Including State-Level Personhood Bills and Constitutional Amendments
- AL, CO, GA, MT, SC, VA
Updated February 14, 2008
http://righttolifeactofsc.blogspot.com/2008/02/2007-2008-state-level-personhood-and.html
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- Historic Amendment Officially on November's Ballot
www.covenantnews.com/newswire/archives/042535.html
[emphasis added]
May 29, 2008
DENVER, May 29, 2008 / Covenant News Wire Service / For the first time in US history, the issue of personhood will be decided in the public forum by a constitutional amendment.
Colorado for Equal Rights was notified today by the Colorado Secretary of State's Office that enough valid signatures were submitted to put the Every Human is a Person amendment on the November 2008 ballot. The Secretary of State's Office's random sampling indicated that there were 103,377 valid signatures, surpassing the 76,047 valid signatures that were required.
"The people of Colorado have spoken, the Secretary of State's Office has certified our signatures, and our equal rights amendment will be on November's ballot," stated Kristi Burton, initiative sponsor. "All humans should be protected by love and by law, and this amendment is a historic effort to ensure equal rights for every person."
Colorado for Equal Rights has demonstrated an unparalleled grassroots effort thus far, with likely more volunteer circulators than any other ballot initiative in the State's history. The grassroots initiative had over 1,300 volunteer petition circulators.
"We at Colorado for Equal Rights are incredibly thankful for our many volunteers who worked so hard for each signature we delivered to the Secretary of State's Office and the churches who stood behind us and supported us," Burton continued. "This victory is the voice of the people and all credit goes our Creator." Colorado for Equal Rights is a statewide grassroots organization of concerned citizens who value human life. Colorado for Equal Rights is sponsoring the Human Life Amendment to the Colorado constitution, stating "(t)he term 'Person' or 'Persons' shall include any human from the time of fertilization."
For more information contact:
Kristi Burton
719-661-8827
E-mail kristiburton@gmail.com
http://www.ColoradoforEqualRights.com
Posted by Editor at May 29, 2008 03:37 PM
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Colorado - Human Life Amendment
http://coloradoforequalrights.com/files/initiativetext.pdf
Type Bill: state-level personhood constitutional amendment by citizen petition
2007-2008 State-Level Personhood (and other selected) Legislation
- Including State-Level Personhood Bills and Constitutional Amendments
- AL, CO, GA, MT, SC, VA
Updated February 14, 2008
http://righttolifeactofsc.blogspot.com/2008/02/2007-2008-state-level-personhood-and.html
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May 30, 2008
May 26, 2008
REPUBLICAN SC LEGISLATURE Continues to Fail to ESTABLISH JUSTICE:
To Protect the Lives of Over 7,000 Pre-Birth Children Murdered Each Year in South Carolina by Abortion !
Right to Life Act of SC - TEN YEARS ! 1998-2008
Republican-Majority SC House (73 R - 51 D) -
Republican-Majority SC Senate (27 R - 19 D) -
Republican SC Governor -
Republican SC Lt Governor -
All Continue to Fail to Pass "Personhood" Bill
(Right to Life Act of SC - H3284/H3697/S313)
to E-N-D (not just incessantly Regulate !)
Child-Murder by Abortion in SC.
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REPUBLICANS in US CONGRESS
Continue to Fail to ESTABLISH JUSTICE:
To Protect the Lives of Over 1,000,000 Pre-Birth
Children Murdered Each Year in US by Abortion !
Right to Life Act of US - 13 YEARS ! 1995-2008
(HR 618 / HR 2597)
Republicans lost the US House in 2006 (lost 30 Seats)
Republicans lost the US Senate in 2006 (lost 6 Seats)
Republicans will lose ___ US House Seats in 2008 ?
Republicans will lose ___ US Senate Seats in 2008 ?
Will Republicans lose the White House in 2008 ?
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The Messiah says: "Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to Me." Matthew 25:45
The Bible says: "Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap." Galatians 6:7
God says: "… I will recompense them according to their deeds, and according to the works of their own hands." Jeremiah 25:14
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Prepared by: Columbia Christians for Life, PO Box 50358, Columbia, SC * (803) 765-0916
www.ChristianLifeandLiberty.net , www.RighttoLifeActofSC.net
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After losses, Republicans fear public has lost confidence in party
Congressman says message deficient
www.usatoday.com/printedition/news/20080515/a_gopfallout15.art.htm
USA Today / Page 6A
May 15, 2008
By Ken Dilanian
USA TODAY
WASHINGTON Republicans must regain the confidence of Americans and recast their message to voters to avoid a catastrophe in the fall congressional elections, top GOP officials said Wednesday in a stark postmortem of a loss in rural Mississippi.
Rep. Tom Cole of Oklahoma, who runs the committee in charge of helping elect Republicans to Congress, said Tuesday's defeat in Mississippi after losing GOP seats in other special elections in Illinois and Louisiana was evidence that "a large section of the American people doesn't have confidence in the Republican Party."
"What we've got right now is a deficiency in our message and a loss of confidence by the American people to do what we say we're going to do," Cole said in a conference call with reporters.
He said, "When you lose three of these in a row, you have to get beyond campaign tactics and take a long hard look: Is there something wrong with your product?"
Cole did not elaborate on potential defects, but Democrats had a ready answer.
"The Republican message is 'no, veto, and status quo,' " said Rep. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland, chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.
He said Republicans couldn't win in Mississippi even though they poured $1 million into the race, sent Vice President Cheney to campaign and tried to link Democratic candidate Travis Childers to the controversy over Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's former pastor.
Obama mentioned Childers' victory in a speech in Michigan. "This is a hard-core Republican seat, and they lost it by 8 points. They did everything they could. They ran ads with my face on it."
In a memo to GOP leaders posted on Politico's website, retiring Rep. Tom Davis, R-Va., offered a blunt verdict: "The Republican brand is in the trash can. … If we were a dog food, they would take us off the shelf."
"This is as bad as it gets for any party," said David Wasserman, House editor of the Cook Political Report, which tracks each race. "I've never seen a more defeated tone." Nevertheless, Wasserman said, his analysis shows the Democrats will pick up far fewer districts than they did in the 2006 election, when they gained 31 seats. He estimates the Democrats will gain five to 10 seats in the fall.
"Democrats won most of the low-hanging fruit in 2006," he said.
Democratic leaders, not surprisingly, have a different view. They hope to capitalize on their winning formula in Mississippi and Louisiana, where their candidates' cultural conservatism played well.
"This clearly is a sign that there is no congressional district that is safe for Republican candidates who are following in the Bush shadow," said Van Hollen, whose committee has $44.3 million on hand, compared with $7.2 million for Cole's National Republican Congressional Committee.
Davis called the atmosphere for House Republicans "the worst since Watergate and is far more toxic than the fall of 2006."
House Republicans met with Cole in the Capitol to sift through the ashes of defeat in Mississippi's 1st District, which became vacant when Republican Roger Wicker was appointed to the Senate to replace retiring Republican Trent Lott. House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio called the result "a wake-up call." But there is no consensus on how to fix it.
Former speaker Newt Gingrich has urged House Republicans to come out with a series of dramatic proposals, including a moratorium on congressionally directed spending items known as earmarks. His ideas were not widely embraced.
Boehner is rolling out an "American Families Agenda" this week focusing on national security, tax cuts, balancing the budget and boosting domestic oil production.
Copyright 2008 USA TODAY, a division of Gannett Co. Inc.
Right to Life Act of SC - TEN YEARS ! 1998-2008
Republican-Majority SC House (73 R - 51 D) -
Republican-Majority SC Senate (27 R - 19 D) -
Republican SC Governor -
Republican SC Lt Governor -
All Continue to Fail to Pass "Personhood" Bill
(Right to Life Act of SC - H3284/H3697/S313)
to E-N-D (not just incessantly Regulate !)
Child-Murder by Abortion in SC.
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REPUBLICANS in US CONGRESS
Continue to Fail to ESTABLISH JUSTICE:
To Protect the Lives of Over 1,000,000 Pre-Birth
Children Murdered Each Year in US by Abortion !
Right to Life Act of US - 13 YEARS ! 1995-2008
(HR 618 / HR 2597)
Republicans lost the US House in 2006 (lost 30 Seats)
Republicans lost the US Senate in 2006 (lost 6 Seats)
Republicans will lose ___ US House Seats in 2008 ?
Republicans will lose ___ US Senate Seats in 2008 ?
Will Republicans lose the White House in 2008 ?
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The Messiah says: "Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to Me." Matthew 25:45
The Bible says: "Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap." Galatians 6:7
God says: "… I will recompense them according to their deeds, and according to the works of their own hands." Jeremiah 25:14
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Prepared by: Columbia Christians for Life, PO Box 50358, Columbia, SC * (803) 765-0916
www.ChristianLifeandLiberty.net , www.RighttoLifeActofSC.net
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After losses, Republicans fear public has lost confidence in party
Congressman says message deficient
www.usatoday.com/printedition/news/20080515/a_gopfallout15.art.htm
USA Today / Page 6A
May 15, 2008
By Ken Dilanian
USA TODAY
WASHINGTON Republicans must regain the confidence of Americans and recast their message to voters to avoid a catastrophe in the fall congressional elections, top GOP officials said Wednesday in a stark postmortem of a loss in rural Mississippi.
Rep. Tom Cole of Oklahoma, who runs the committee in charge of helping elect Republicans to Congress, said Tuesday's defeat in Mississippi after losing GOP seats in other special elections in Illinois and Louisiana was evidence that "a large section of the American people doesn't have confidence in the Republican Party."
"What we've got right now is a deficiency in our message and a loss of confidence by the American people to do what we say we're going to do," Cole said in a conference call with reporters.
He said, "When you lose three of these in a row, you have to get beyond campaign tactics and take a long hard look: Is there something wrong with your product?"
Cole did not elaborate on potential defects, but Democrats had a ready answer.
"The Republican message is 'no, veto, and status quo,' " said Rep. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland, chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.
He said Republicans couldn't win in Mississippi even though they poured $1 million into the race, sent Vice President Cheney to campaign and tried to link Democratic candidate Travis Childers to the controversy over Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's former pastor.
Obama mentioned Childers' victory in a speech in Michigan. "This is a hard-core Republican seat, and they lost it by 8 points. They did everything they could. They ran ads with my face on it."
In a memo to GOP leaders posted on Politico's website, retiring Rep. Tom Davis, R-Va., offered a blunt verdict: "The Republican brand is in the trash can. … If we were a dog food, they would take us off the shelf."
"This is as bad as it gets for any party," said David Wasserman, House editor of the Cook Political Report, which tracks each race. "I've never seen a more defeated tone." Nevertheless, Wasserman said, his analysis shows the Democrats will pick up far fewer districts than they did in the 2006 election, when they gained 31 seats. He estimates the Democrats will gain five to 10 seats in the fall.
"Democrats won most of the low-hanging fruit in 2006," he said.
Democratic leaders, not surprisingly, have a different view. They hope to capitalize on their winning formula in Mississippi and Louisiana, where their candidates' cultural conservatism played well.
"This clearly is a sign that there is no congressional district that is safe for Republican candidates who are following in the Bush shadow," said Van Hollen, whose committee has $44.3 million on hand, compared with $7.2 million for Cole's National Republican Congressional Committee.
Davis called the atmosphere for House Republicans "the worst since Watergate and is far more toxic than the fall of 2006."
House Republicans met with Cole in the Capitol to sift through the ashes of defeat in Mississippi's 1st District, which became vacant when Republican Roger Wicker was appointed to the Senate to replace retiring Republican Trent Lott. House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio called the result "a wake-up call." But there is no consensus on how to fix it.
Former speaker Newt Gingrich has urged House Republicans to come out with a series of dramatic proposals, including a moratorium on congressionally directed spending items known as earmarks. His ideas were not widely embraced.
Boehner is rolling out an "American Families Agenda" this week focusing on national security, tax cuts, balancing the budget and boosting domestic oil production.
Copyright 2008 USA TODAY, a division of Gannett Co. Inc.
May 21, 2008
Press Advisory - SC State House News Conference - Right to Life Act of SC - Tues., May 27, 11:45 AM
Columbia Christians for Life
P.O. Box 50358, Columbia, S.C. 29250 * (803) 765-0916 * www.ChristianLifeandLiberty.net
“… I will build My church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.” Matthew 16:18
PRESS ADVISORY / PROMOTIONAL FLYER
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, May 20, 2008
FOR MORE INFORMATION: Contact,
Steve Lefemine, dir., Columbia Christians for Life, ph. (803) 765-0916 / CCL@ChristianLifeandLiberty.net
SC State House News Conference - "Right to Life Act of SC" - End Abortion in SC
- Columbia, SC
- Tuesday, May 27, 11:45 AM
- First Floor Lobby (between Gov. and Lt. Gov. offices)
- H.3284/H.3697/S.313
"Right to Life Act of SC" - End Abortion in SC
"Personhood" Bill - H.3284 / H.3697 / S.313
NEWS CONFERENCE
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
11:45 AM
First Floor, SC State House
At the end of the 2008 SC Legislative session, and after TEN YEARS, the
REPUBLICAN SC LEGISLATURE Continues to Fail to ESTABLISH JUSTICE:
To Protect the Lives of Over 7,000 Pre-Birth Human Beings
Murdered Each Year in SC by Surgical Abortion !
The “Right to Life Act of South Carolina”
TEN YEARS ! 1998-2008
www.scstatehouse.net/sess117_2007-2008/bills/3284.htm
www.scstatehouse.net/sess117_2007-2008/bills/313.htm
Republican-Majority SC House (73 R - 51 D) -
Republican-Majority SC Senate (27 R - 19 D) -
Republican SC Governor -
Republican SC Lt Governor -
All Continue to Fail to Pass "Personhood" Bill (RTL Act of SC - 284/H3697/S313)
to E-N-D (not just incessantly Regulate !) Child-Murder by Abortion in SC.
Christian supporters are invited to come and please stand with us to glorify the King of kings 1 Tim. 6:15), our Saviour and Messiah, as we call on the Republican-majority SC House, the Republican-majority SC Senate, the Republican Governor, and the Republican LT Gov (President of the Senate) to do their duty as ministers in civil government (Romans 13:1-4), and Establish Justice to end the shedding of innocent blood that is bringing God's Righteous Judgment and Wrath upon South Carolina and America. We must repent for the over 324,000 children who have already been destroyed in our state of SC (1973-2006).
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"But judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it."
Psalm 94:15, KJB
No King but King Jesus! (Yeshua Messiah)
Declarations and Evidences of Christian Faith in America’s Colonial Charters, State Constitutions, and other Historical Documents during over 375 Years of American History: 1606 to 1982
www.christianlifeandliberty.net/NoKingbutKingJesus.doc
"... I will build My church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it." Matthew 16:18
Yeshua Messiah
Hallelu-Yah !
Steve Lefemine, pro-life missionary
dir., Columbia Christians for Life
PO Box 50358
Columbia, SC
(803) 765-0916
www.ChristianLifeandLiberty.net
www.RighttoLifeActofSC.net
May 21, 2008
P.O. Box 50358, Columbia, S.C. 29250 * (803) 765-0916 * www.ChristianLifeandLiberty.net
“… I will build My church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.” Matthew 16:18
PRESS ADVISORY / PROMOTIONAL FLYER
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, May 20, 2008
FOR MORE INFORMATION: Contact,
Steve Lefemine, dir., Columbia Christians for Life, ph. (803) 765-0916 / CCL@ChristianLifeandLiberty.net
SC State House News Conference - "Right to Life Act of SC" - End Abortion in SC
- Columbia, SC
- Tuesday, May 27, 11:45 AM
- First Floor Lobby (between Gov. and Lt. Gov. offices)
- H.3284/H.3697/S.313
"Right to Life Act of SC" - End Abortion in SC
"Personhood" Bill - H.3284 / H.3697 / S.313
NEWS CONFERENCE
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
11:45 AM
First Floor, SC State House
At the end of the 2008 SC Legislative session, and after TEN YEARS, the
REPUBLICAN SC LEGISLATURE Continues to Fail to ESTABLISH JUSTICE:
To Protect the Lives of Over 7,000 Pre-Birth Human Beings
Murdered Each Year in SC by Surgical Abortion !
The “Right to Life Act of South Carolina”
TEN YEARS ! 1998-2008
www.scstatehouse.net/sess117_2007-2008/bills/3284.htm
www.scstatehouse.net/sess117_2007-2008/bills/313.htm
Republican-Majority SC House (73 R - 51 D) -
Republican-Majority SC Senate (27 R - 19 D) -
Republican SC Governor -
Republican SC Lt Governor -
All Continue to Fail to Pass "Personhood" Bill (RTL Act of SC - 284/H3697/S313)
to E-N-D (not just incessantly Regulate !) Child-Murder by Abortion in SC.
Christian supporters are invited to come and please stand with us to glorify the King of kings 1 Tim. 6:15), our Saviour and Messiah, as we call on the Republican-majority SC House, the Republican-majority SC Senate, the Republican Governor, and the Republican LT Gov (President of the Senate) to do their duty as ministers in civil government (Romans 13:1-4), and Establish Justice to end the shedding of innocent blood that is bringing God's Righteous Judgment and Wrath upon South Carolina and America. We must repent for the over 324,000 children who have already been destroyed in our state of SC (1973-2006).
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"But judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it."
Psalm 94:15, KJB
No King but King Jesus! (Yeshua Messiah)
Declarations and Evidences of Christian Faith in America’s Colonial Charters, State Constitutions, and other Historical Documents during over 375 Years of American History: 1606 to 1982
www.christianlifeandliberty.net/NoKingbutKingJesus.doc
"... I will build My church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it." Matthew 16:18
Yeshua Messiah
Hallelu-Yah !
Steve Lefemine, pro-life missionary
dir., Columbia Christians for Life
PO Box 50358
Columbia, SC
(803) 765-0916
www.ChristianLifeandLiberty.net
www.RighttoLifeActofSC.net
May 21, 2008
May 15, 2008
SC State House News Conference - Right to Life Act of SC
- Columbia, SC
- Tues., May 27, 11:45 AM
- First Floor Lobby (between Gov. and Lt. Gov. offices)
- H.3284/H.3697/S.313
www.scstatehouse.net/sess117_2007-2008/bills/313.htm
www.scstatehouse.net/sess117_2007-2008/bills/3284.htm
The Right to Life Act of SC was first introduced 10 years ago in February 1998 in both the SC House and SC Senate. By vesting legal "personhood" at fertilization without exceptions, the Right to Life Act of SC would meet the requirement in the text of the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision to end "legal" child-murder by abortion in South Carolina. The bill has been active in the SC Legislature every year since 1998, passing the full SC House for the first time on April 13, 2005, albeit with a fatal flaw rape exception; and then died in the SC Senate in the Judiciary Subcommittee of Senator Jim Ritchie (R-Spartanburg) in 2006.
( hear audio of two May 2005 SC Senate Subcommittee hearings at http://www.christianlifeandliberty.net/ )
'South Carolina House Passes Personhood Bill' (with fatal flaw) - April 15, 2005
www.christianlifeandliberty.net/H3213-311.doc
According to the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision: vesting legal "personhood" at fertilization, without exceptions, "collapses" the abortion argument:
The text of the Roe v. Wade US Supreme Court decision states:
"[Texas] argue[s] that the fetus is a "person" within the language and meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment… If this suggestion of personhood is established, the [pro-abortion] case, of course, collapses, for the fetus' right to life would then be guaranteed specifically by the [14th] Amendment."
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=us&vol=410&invol=113
Despite the fact that the Republicans are currently the majority in the SC House (as they have been since Jan 1994), and the Republicans are currently the majority in the SC Senate (as they have been since Jan 2001), and Republicans hold the offices of SC Governor (Mark Sanford) and SC LT Governor (Andre Bauer) - AFTER TEN YEARS, THE RIGHT TO LIFE ACT OF SOUTH CAROLINA HAS STILL NOT PASSED. Passing the Right to Life Act of SC would end decriminalized abortion in South Carolina.
In fact, even though the bill passed the Constitutional Laws Subcommittee without amendment over three years ago on March 31, 2005, the bill has not been passed again in 2007 or to date in 2008, out of Rep. Greg Delleney's (R-Chester) ConLaws Subcomm. (the regular 2008 SC Legislative Session ends June 5).
'Take Action to Pass the RTL Act of SC' - April 1, 2005
www.christianlifeandliberty.net/H3213-201.doc
Public Hearing Statement in support of Right to Life Act of SC - Columbia, SC - Feb. 14, 2008
http://righttolifeactofsc.blogspot.com/2008/02/public-hearing-statement-in-support-of.html
And because the bill is still stuck in the ConLaws Subcomm., therefore neither has it been passed again in 2007, or to date in 2008, out of the full House Judiciary Committee, chaired by Rep. Jim Harrison (R-Columbia) where it passed without amendment, over three years ago on April 5, 2005,
'Take Action to Pass the RTL Act of SC' - April 7, 2005
www.christianlifeandliberty.net/H3213-252.doc
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If you would like to stand in support of ending the murder of pre-birth human beings in South Carolina - over 7,000 were murdered in South Carolina in 2006 by surgical abortion alone, reflecting a two-year increasing trend over 2005 (over 6,700 killed), and 2004 (under 6,600 killed) - and calling on the Republican- majority SC House, the Republican-majority SC Senate, the Republican Governor, and the Republican LT Gov (President of the Senate) to do their duty as ministers in civil government (Romans 13:1-4), and Establish Justice to end the shedding of innocent blood that is bringing God's Righteous Judgment and Wrath upon South Carolina and America, then please attend this news conference inside the SC State House in Columbia, in the First Floor Lobby, at 11:45 on Tuesday, May 27, 2008. Thank you.
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"But judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it."
Psalm 94:15, KJB
No King but King Jesus! (Yeshua Messiah)
Declarations and Evidences of Christian Faith in America’s Colonial Charters, State Constitutions, and other Historical Documents during over 375 Years of American History: 1606 to 1982
www.christianlifeandliberty.net/NoKingbutKingJesus.doc
"... I will build My church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it." Matthew 16:18
Yeshua Messiah
Hallelu-Yah !
Steve Lefemine, pro-life missionary
dir., Columbia Christians for Life
PO Box 50358
Columbia, SC
(803) 765-0916
http://www.christianlifeandliberty.net/
http://www.righttolifeactofsc.net/
May 15, 2008
- Tues., May 27, 11:45 AM
- First Floor Lobby (between Gov. and Lt. Gov. offices)
- H.3284/H.3697/S.313
www.scstatehouse.net/sess117_2007-2008/bills/313.htm
www.scstatehouse.net/sess117_2007-2008/bills/3284.htm
The Right to Life Act of SC was first introduced 10 years ago in February 1998 in both the SC House and SC Senate. By vesting legal "personhood" at fertilization without exceptions, the Right to Life Act of SC would meet the requirement in the text of the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision to end "legal" child-murder by abortion in South Carolina. The bill has been active in the SC Legislature every year since 1998, passing the full SC House for the first time on April 13, 2005, albeit with a fatal flaw rape exception; and then died in the SC Senate in the Judiciary Subcommittee of Senator Jim Ritchie (R-Spartanburg) in 2006.
( hear audio of two May 2005 SC Senate Subcommittee hearings at http://www.christianlifeandliberty.net/ )
'South Carolina House Passes Personhood Bill' (with fatal flaw) - April 15, 2005
www.christianlifeandliberty.net/H3213-311.doc
According to the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision: vesting legal "personhood" at fertilization, without exceptions, "collapses" the abortion argument:
The text of the Roe v. Wade US Supreme Court decision states:
"[Texas] argue[s] that the fetus is a "person" within the language and meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment… If this suggestion of personhood is established, the [pro-abortion] case, of course, collapses, for the fetus' right to life would then be guaranteed specifically by the [14th] Amendment."
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=us&vol=410&invol=113
Despite the fact that the Republicans are currently the majority in the SC House (as they have been since Jan 1994), and the Republicans are currently the majority in the SC Senate (as they have been since Jan 2001), and Republicans hold the offices of SC Governor (Mark Sanford) and SC LT Governor (Andre Bauer) - AFTER TEN YEARS, THE RIGHT TO LIFE ACT OF SOUTH CAROLINA HAS STILL NOT PASSED. Passing the Right to Life Act of SC would end decriminalized abortion in South Carolina.
In fact, even though the bill passed the Constitutional Laws Subcommittee without amendment over three years ago on March 31, 2005, the bill has not been passed again in 2007 or to date in 2008, out of Rep. Greg Delleney's (R-Chester) ConLaws Subcomm. (the regular 2008 SC Legislative Session ends June 5).
'Take Action to Pass the RTL Act of SC' - April 1, 2005
www.christianlifeandliberty.net/H3213-201.doc
Public Hearing Statement in support of Right to Life Act of SC - Columbia, SC - Feb. 14, 2008
http://righttolifeactofsc.blogspot.com/2008/02/public-hearing-statement-in-support-of.html
And because the bill is still stuck in the ConLaws Subcomm., therefore neither has it been passed again in 2007, or to date in 2008, out of the full House Judiciary Committee, chaired by Rep. Jim Harrison (R-Columbia) where it passed without amendment, over three years ago on April 5, 2005,
'Take Action to Pass the RTL Act of SC' - April 7, 2005
www.christianlifeandliberty.net/H3213-252.doc
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If you would like to stand in support of ending the murder of pre-birth human beings in South Carolina - over 7,000 were murdered in South Carolina in 2006 by surgical abortion alone, reflecting a two-year increasing trend over 2005 (over 6,700 killed), and 2004 (under 6,600 killed) - and calling on the Republican- majority SC House, the Republican-majority SC Senate, the Republican Governor, and the Republican LT Gov (President of the Senate) to do their duty as ministers in civil government (Romans 13:1-4), and Establish Justice to end the shedding of innocent blood that is bringing God's Righteous Judgment and Wrath upon South Carolina and America, then please attend this news conference inside the SC State House in Columbia, in the First Floor Lobby, at 11:45 on Tuesday, May 27, 2008. Thank you.
_________________________________________________
_________________________________________________
"But judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it."
Psalm 94:15, KJB
No King but King Jesus! (Yeshua Messiah)
Declarations and Evidences of Christian Faith in America’s Colonial Charters, State Constitutions, and other Historical Documents during over 375 Years of American History: 1606 to 1982
www.christianlifeandliberty.net/NoKingbutKingJesus.doc
"... I will build My church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it." Matthew 16:18
Yeshua Messiah
Hallelu-Yah !
Steve Lefemine, pro-life missionary
dir., Columbia Christians for Life
PO Box 50358
Columbia, SC
(803) 765-0916
http://www.christianlifeandliberty.net/
http://www.righttolifeactofsc.net/
May 15, 2008
April 14, 2008
SC "Personhood" Bill Radio Commercial: Call SC House Republicans Delleney and Harrison to pass bill out of committee
Link to audio to be posted at "RTL Act of SC" page of http://www.christianlifeandliberty.net/ :
WQXL-1470 AM Radio Commercial - Right to Life Act of SC "Personhood" Bill (1:00 - audio link)
To begin airing Monday, April 14, 2008
The Right to Life Act of SC (H.3284/H.3697/S.313) has been active in the SC Legislature since Feb. 1998. The bill has previously passed the SC House Constitutional Laws Subcommittee (March 31, 2005), and has previously passed the House Judiciary Committee (April 5, 2005). The bill passed the full SC House on April 13, 2005 (Second Reading), albeit with a fatal flaw rape exception amendment. The bill then died in the SC Senate.
The Right to Life Act of SC "Personhood" Bill was re-introduced in the SC House and SC Senate in 2007.
www.scstatehouse.net/sess117_2007-2008/bills/313.htm
www.scstatehouse.net/sess117_2007-2008/bills/3284.htm
Because of the interference and distraction of the incrementalist, abortion-regulation "Ultrasound" bill ("look at an ultrasound image, if you want to, and then you can kill the baby"), Constitutional Laws Subcommittee Chairman Greg Delleney (R-Chester) did not grant a public hearing for the Right to Life Act of SC in the 2007 Session:
SC RTL Act delayed by House Republican leader for Ultrasound Bill in 2007 Session
Republican Chairman of the House Constitutional Laws Subcommittee, Rep. Greg Delleney (R-Chester) has decided not to hold a public hearing on the RTL Act of SC (H.3284) until action is complete in the SC General Assembly on the Ultrasound bill (H.3355). The 2007 regular session ends June 7. Once action is complete on the Ultrasound bill, Rep. Delleney has stated he will then sign on as a co-sponsor of the Right to Life Act of SC, and grant us a public hearing.
http://www.christianlifeandliberty.net/H3284-08-1a-action1.doc
Finally, on February 14, 2008, Rep. Delleney held a public hearing for the Right to Life Act of SC, at which the SC Attorney General, Henry McMaster, stood by his 2005 Legal Opinion that the bill was constitutional; however no vote was taken on the bill.
Public Hearing Statement in support of Right to Life Act of SC - Columbia, SC - Feb. 14, 2008
http://righttolifeactofsc.blogspot.com/2008/02/public-hearing-statement-in-support-of.html
Now it appears that Republicans Delleney (ConLaws Subcomm. chairman) and Harrison (Judiciary Comm. chairman) may be intending to take no further action on the Right to Life Act of SC in 2008.
"Personhood" Bill in SC - Call on Republicans Delleney and Harrison to pass out of Committee
http://righttolifeactofsc.blogspot.com/2008/04/personhood-bill-in-sc-call-on.html
However, the regular Legislative Session does not end until June 5, so please call 803-734-3120, the House Judiciary Committee office, and request that Republican Representatives Greg Delleney and Jim Harrison pass the Right to Life Act of SC out of their respective committees immediately.
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"Personhood" Bill Commercial
(to be aired on WQXL Christian 1470 AM, Columbia, SC, beginning April 14, 2008)
I'M STEVE LEFEMINE FOR COLUMBIA CHRISTIANS FOR LIFE. FOR 10 YEARS WE'VE
WORKED TO PASS THE RIGHT TO LIFE ACT OF SC TO END ABORTION IN OUR STATE, BY
RECOGNIZING UNBORN HUMANS AS LEGAL "PERSONS" BEGINNING AT FERTILIZATION,
WITH NO EXCEPTIONS. THE "PERSONHOOD" BILL PASSED THE SC HOUSE, FLAWED WITH
AN EXCEPTION, THEN DIED IN THE SENATE, IN 2005. THE ROE V. WADE DECISION
STATED: IF LEGAL PERSONHOOD IS VESTED AT FERTILIZATION, THE RIGHT TO LIFE OF
THE UNBORN WOULD BE PROTECTED BY THE CONSTITUTION. ON FEB. 14, 2008, THE SC
ATTORNEY GENERAL TESTIFIED AT A PUBLIC HEARING THE BILL IS CONSTITUTIONAL,
HOWEVER THE CURRENT HOUSE BILL HAS NOT BEEN PASSED OUT OF COMMITTEE.
PLEASE HELP BY CALLING REPRESENTATIVES GREG DELLENEY AND JIM HARRSION TO
PASS THE "PERSONHOOD" BILL. PHONE THE HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE AT 734-3120.
ASK THAT DELLENEY AND HARRISON PASS THE "PERSONHOOD" BILL OUT OF COMMITTEE
NOW.
CALL 734-3120 TODAY.
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Note, if outside the Columbia, SC calling area, use Area Code (803): 803-734-3120
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2005 Session:
'Take Action to Pass the RTL Act of SC' - April 1, 2005
www.christianlifeandliberty.net/H3213-201.doc
'Take Action to Pass the RTL Act of SC' - April 7, 2005
www.christianlifeandliberty.net/H3213-252.doc
'South Carolina House Passes Personhood Bill' (with fatal flaw) - April 15, 2005
www.christianlifeandliberty.net/H3213-311.doc
Legal Opinion (2005) of South Carolina Attorney General on the Right to Life Act of SC
"Accordingly, it is our opinion that the Right to Life Act is constitutional."
www.christianlifeandliberty.net/Westlaw_Document_15_03_35_5392471.doc
2006 Session:
Republican State Senators choose not to pass Right to Life Act of SC
www.christianlifeandliberty.net/H3213-S111-118.doc
Less than one month in SC's 2006 session before RTL Act of SC dies !
... unless the GOP-majority SC Senate passes bill by June 1st
The Republicans in South Carolina are the majority in the SC House (74 R's to 50 D's).
The Republicans in South Carolina are the majority in the SC Senate (26 R's to 20 D's).
The Republicans in South Carolina occupy the Governor's office, the Lt. Governor's office,
and the Attorney General's office.
www.christianlifeandliberty.net/H3213-S111-129.doc
REPUBLICANS IN S.C. SENATE PROLONG CHILD-KILLING:
The Republicans in South Carolina are the majority in the SC House (74 R's to 50 D's).
The Republicans in South Carolina are the majority in the SC Senate (26 R's to 20 D's).
The Republicans in South Carolina occupy the Governor's office, the Lt. Governor's office,
and the Attorney General's office.
www.christianlifeandliberty.net/H3213-S111-126.doc
Opinion Editorial - Right to Life Act of South Carolina [S.111 / H.3213] - May 16, 2006
Republican State Senators refuse to pass South Carolina's pro-life bill to end "legalized" abortion
www.christianlifeandliberty.net/H3213-S111-135.doc
SC's Republican-majority State Senate kills the SC baby-killing ban bill
South Carolina's pro-life bill to end "legalized" abortion (House bill H.3213 / Senate bill S.111)
www.christianlifeandliberty.net/H3213-S111-152.doc
2007 Session:
Fetal 'Personhood' denied by Republican-majority SC Legislature in 2007 (2008 ?)
www.christianlifeandliberty.net/H3284-H3273-S313-01.doc
2008 Session:
"Right to Life Act of SC "Personhood" Bill - Public Hearing, February 14, 2008
http://righttolifeactofsc.blogspot.com/2008/02/right-to-life-act-of-sc-personhood-bill.html
Public Hearing Statement in support of Right to Life Act of SC - Columbia, SC - Feb. 14, 2008
http://righttolifeactofsc.blogspot.com/2008/02/public-hearing-statement-in-support-of.html
2007-2008 State-Level Personhood (and other selected) Legislation
- Including State-Level Personhood Bills and Constitutional Amendments
- AL, CO, GA, MT, SC, VA
Updated February 14, 2008
http://righttolifeactofsc.blogspot.com/2008/02/2007-2008-state-level-personhood-and.html
"Personhood" Bill in SC - Call on Republicans Delleney and Harrison to pass out of Committee
http://righttolifeactofsc.blogspot.com/2008/04/personhood-bill-in-sc-call-on.html
Flyer - "Personhood" Bill in SC - Call on Republicans Delleney and Harrison
to pass out of Committee (two pages)
www.christianlifeandliberty.net/H3284-08-06.doc
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Present plans are to run the above radio commercial weekdays, April 14 - April 25, 2008. You can help continue the campaign to: 1) increase awareness among Christian pro-lifers about the 10 year effort to END ABORTION (and not just "Regulate" abortion incrementally) by passing the Right to Life Act of SC; and 2) shine an accountability "spotlight" on these Republican leaders in the SC House who have the power, authority, and responsibility, to be advocates for the most defenseless of human beings, the unborn in the womb, and to do their rightful job, to ESTABLISH JUSTICE and pass the "Personhood" Bill out of committee !
Please help by contributing either directly to the cost of airing more commercials (designate your contribution), or to the overhead and operating expenses of CCL.
To donate to Columbia Christians for Life:
Two methods -
1. Please make checks and mail to: Columbia Christians for Life (CCL)
(NOT TAX DEDUCTIBLE) P.O. Box 50358
Columbia, SC 29250
2. Or, if you are a PayPal member (www.paypal.com ), you may also send CCL ministry donations to:
CCL@ChristianLifeandLiberty.net [contributions to CCL are not tax-deductible]
_________________________________________________
"But judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it." Psalm 94:15, KJB
"My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge:
because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee,..." Hosea 4:6
"O My people, they which lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths." Isaiah 3:12
"... I will build My church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it." Matt. 16:18
Yeshua Messiah
Steve Lefemine, pro-life missionary
dir., Columbia Christians for Life
PO Box 50358
Columbia, SC 29250
(803) 765-0916
www.ChristianLifeandLiberty.net
www.RighttoLifeActofSC.net
April 14, 2008
WQXL-1470 AM Radio Commercial - Right to Life Act of SC "Personhood" Bill (1:00 - audio link)
To begin airing Monday, April 14, 2008
The Right to Life Act of SC (H.3284/H.3697/S.313) has been active in the SC Legislature since Feb. 1998. The bill has previously passed the SC House Constitutional Laws Subcommittee (March 31, 2005), and has previously passed the House Judiciary Committee (April 5, 2005). The bill passed the full SC House on April 13, 2005 (Second Reading), albeit with a fatal flaw rape exception amendment. The bill then died in the SC Senate.
The Right to Life Act of SC "Personhood" Bill was re-introduced in the SC House and SC Senate in 2007.
www.scstatehouse.net/sess117_2007-2008/bills/313.htm
www.scstatehouse.net/sess117_2007-2008/bills/3284.htm
Because of the interference and distraction of the incrementalist, abortion-regulation "Ultrasound" bill ("look at an ultrasound image, if you want to, and then you can kill the baby"), Constitutional Laws Subcommittee Chairman Greg Delleney (R-Chester) did not grant a public hearing for the Right to Life Act of SC in the 2007 Session:
SC RTL Act delayed by House Republican leader for Ultrasound Bill in 2007 Session
Republican Chairman of the House Constitutional Laws Subcommittee, Rep. Greg Delleney (R-Chester) has decided not to hold a public hearing on the RTL Act of SC (H.3284) until action is complete in the SC General Assembly on the Ultrasound bill (H.3355). The 2007 regular session ends June 7. Once action is complete on the Ultrasound bill, Rep. Delleney has stated he will then sign on as a co-sponsor of the Right to Life Act of SC, and grant us a public hearing.
http://www.christianlifeandliberty.net/H3284-08-1a-action1.doc
Finally, on February 14, 2008, Rep. Delleney held a public hearing for the Right to Life Act of SC, at which the SC Attorney General, Henry McMaster, stood by his 2005 Legal Opinion that the bill was constitutional; however no vote was taken on the bill.
Public Hearing Statement in support of Right to Life Act of SC - Columbia, SC - Feb. 14, 2008
http://righttolifeactofsc.blogspot.com/2008/02/public-hearing-statement-in-support-of.html
Now it appears that Republicans Delleney (ConLaws Subcomm. chairman) and Harrison (Judiciary Comm. chairman) may be intending to take no further action on the Right to Life Act of SC in 2008.
"Personhood" Bill in SC - Call on Republicans Delleney and Harrison to pass out of Committee
http://righttolifeactofsc.blogspot.com/2008/04/personhood-bill-in-sc-call-on.html
However, the regular Legislative Session does not end until June 5, so please call 803-734-3120, the House Judiciary Committee office, and request that Republican Representatives Greg Delleney and Jim Harrison pass the Right to Life Act of SC out of their respective committees immediately.
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"Personhood" Bill Commercial
(to be aired on WQXL Christian 1470 AM, Columbia, SC, beginning April 14, 2008)
I'M STEVE LEFEMINE FOR COLUMBIA CHRISTIANS FOR LIFE. FOR 10 YEARS WE'VE
WORKED TO PASS THE RIGHT TO LIFE ACT OF SC TO END ABORTION IN OUR STATE, BY
RECOGNIZING UNBORN HUMANS AS LEGAL "PERSONS" BEGINNING AT FERTILIZATION,
WITH NO EXCEPTIONS. THE "PERSONHOOD" BILL PASSED THE SC HOUSE, FLAWED WITH
AN EXCEPTION, THEN DIED IN THE SENATE, IN 2005. THE ROE V. WADE DECISION
STATED: IF LEGAL PERSONHOOD IS VESTED AT FERTILIZATION, THE RIGHT TO LIFE OF
THE UNBORN WOULD BE PROTECTED BY THE CONSTITUTION. ON FEB. 14, 2008, THE SC
ATTORNEY GENERAL TESTIFIED AT A PUBLIC HEARING THE BILL IS CONSTITUTIONAL,
HOWEVER THE CURRENT HOUSE BILL HAS NOT BEEN PASSED OUT OF COMMITTEE.
PLEASE HELP BY CALLING REPRESENTATIVES GREG DELLENEY AND JIM HARRSION TO
PASS THE "PERSONHOOD" BILL. PHONE THE HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE AT 734-3120.
ASK THAT DELLENEY AND HARRISON PASS THE "PERSONHOOD" BILL OUT OF COMMITTEE
NOW.
CALL 734-3120 TODAY.
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Note, if outside the Columbia, SC calling area, use Area Code (803): 803-734-3120
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2005 Session:
'Take Action to Pass the RTL Act of SC' - April 1, 2005
www.christianlifeandliberty.net/H3213-201.doc
'Take Action to Pass the RTL Act of SC' - April 7, 2005
www.christianlifeandliberty.net/H3213-252.doc
'South Carolina House Passes Personhood Bill' (with fatal flaw) - April 15, 2005
www.christianlifeandliberty.net/H3213-311.doc
Legal Opinion (2005) of South Carolina Attorney General on the Right to Life Act of SC
"Accordingly, it is our opinion that the Right to Life Act is constitutional."
www.christianlifeandliberty.net/Westlaw_Document_15_03_35_5392471.doc
2006 Session:
Republican State Senators choose not to pass Right to Life Act of SC
www.christianlifeandliberty.net/H3213-S111-118.doc
Less than one month in SC's 2006 session before RTL Act of SC dies !
... unless the GOP-majority SC Senate passes bill by June 1st
The Republicans in South Carolina are the majority in the SC House (74 R's to 50 D's).
The Republicans in South Carolina are the majority in the SC Senate (26 R's to 20 D's).
The Republicans in South Carolina occupy the Governor's office, the Lt. Governor's office,
and the Attorney General's office.
www.christianlifeandliberty.net/H3213-S111-129.doc
REPUBLICANS IN S.C. SENATE PROLONG CHILD-KILLING:
The Republicans in South Carolina are the majority in the SC House (74 R's to 50 D's).
The Republicans in South Carolina are the majority in the SC Senate (26 R's to 20 D's).
The Republicans in South Carolina occupy the Governor's office, the Lt. Governor's office,
and the Attorney General's office.
www.christianlifeandliberty.net/H3213-S111-126.doc
Opinion Editorial - Right to Life Act of South Carolina [S.111 / H.3213] - May 16, 2006
Republican State Senators refuse to pass South Carolina's pro-life bill to end "legalized" abortion
www.christianlifeandliberty.net/H3213-S111-135.doc
SC's Republican-majority State Senate kills the SC baby-killing ban bill
South Carolina's pro-life bill to end "legalized" abortion (House bill H.3213 / Senate bill S.111)
www.christianlifeandliberty.net/H3213-S111-152.doc
2007 Session:
Fetal 'Personhood' denied by Republican-majority SC Legislature in 2007 (2008 ?)
www.christianlifeandliberty.net/H3284-H3273-S313-01.doc
2008 Session:
"Right to Life Act of SC "Personhood" Bill - Public Hearing, February 14, 2008
http://righttolifeactofsc.blogspot.com/2008/02/right-to-life-act-of-sc-personhood-bill.html
Public Hearing Statement in support of Right to Life Act of SC - Columbia, SC - Feb. 14, 2008
http://righttolifeactofsc.blogspot.com/2008/02/public-hearing-statement-in-support-of.html
2007-2008 State-Level Personhood (and other selected) Legislation
- Including State-Level Personhood Bills and Constitutional Amendments
- AL, CO, GA, MT, SC, VA
Updated February 14, 2008
http://righttolifeactofsc.blogspot.com/2008/02/2007-2008-state-level-personhood-and.html
"Personhood" Bill in SC - Call on Republicans Delleney and Harrison to pass out of Committee
http://righttolifeactofsc.blogspot.com/2008/04/personhood-bill-in-sc-call-on.html
Flyer - "Personhood" Bill in SC - Call on Republicans Delleney and Harrison
to pass out of Committee (two pages)
www.christianlifeandliberty.net/H3284-08-06.doc
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Present plans are to run the above radio commercial weekdays, April 14 - April 25, 2008. You can help continue the campaign to: 1) increase awareness among Christian pro-lifers about the 10 year effort to END ABORTION (and not just "Regulate" abortion incrementally) by passing the Right to Life Act of SC; and 2) shine an accountability "spotlight" on these Republican leaders in the SC House who have the power, authority, and responsibility, to be advocates for the most defenseless of human beings, the unborn in the womb, and to do their rightful job, to ESTABLISH JUSTICE and pass the "Personhood" Bill out of committee !
Please help by contributing either directly to the cost of airing more commercials (designate your contribution), or to the overhead and operating expenses of CCL.
To donate to Columbia Christians for Life:
Two methods -
1. Please make checks and mail to: Columbia Christians for Life (CCL)
(NOT TAX DEDUCTIBLE) P.O. Box 50358
Columbia, SC 29250
2. Or, if you are a PayPal member (www.paypal.com ), you may also send CCL ministry donations to:
CCL@ChristianLifeandLiberty.net [contributions to CCL are not tax-deductible]
_________________________________________________
"But judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it." Psalm 94:15, KJB
"My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge:
because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee,..." Hosea 4:6
"O My people, they which lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths." Isaiah 3:12
"... I will build My church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it." Matt. 16:18
Yeshua Messiah
Steve Lefemine, pro-life missionary
dir., Columbia Christians for Life
PO Box 50358
Columbia, SC 29250
(803) 765-0916
www.ChristianLifeandLiberty.net
www.RighttoLifeActofSC.net
April 14, 2008
April 06, 2008
"Personhood" Bill in SC - Call on Republicans Delleney and Harrison to pass out of Committee
The Constitutional Laws Subcommittee (chaired by Rep. Greg Delleney) of the SC House Judiciary Committee (chaired by Rep. Jim Harrison) conducted the first public hearing in three years (since March 2005) on the Right to Life Act of SC (H.3284/H.3697), over seven weeks ago, on February 14, 2008:
"Right to Life Act of SC "Personhood" Bill - Public Hearing, February 14, 2008
http://righttolifeactofsc.blogspot.com/2008/02/right-to-life-act-of-sc-personhood-bill.html
Public Hearing Statement in support of Right to Life Act of SC - Columbia, SC - Feb. 14, 2008
http://righttolifeactofsc.blogspot.com/2008/02/public-hearing-statement-in-support-of.html
Now it is unclear whether or not Rep. Delleney will hold any further public hearings in the 2008 SC Legislative year (which ends June 5) on the Right to Life Act of SC, to pass the bill out of his Constitutional Laws Subcommittee, as he has already done once before, the last time he held a public hearing for the bill, three years ago, on March 31, 2005:
'Take Action to Pass the RTL Act of SC' - April 1, 2005
www.christianlifeandliberty.net/H3213-201.doc
The bill also previously passed Rep. Harrison's full Judiciary Committee, on April 5, 2005:
www.scstatehouse.net/sess116_2005-2006/bills/3213.htm
'Take Action to Pass the RTL Act of SC' - April 7, 2005
www.christianlifeandliberty.net/H3213-252.doc
Please contact Rep. Greg Delleney (R-Chester) and Rep. Jim Harrison (R-Columbia) and urge them to pass the Right to Life Act of SC out of their respective committees immediately. You can contact them by phone, letter, e-mail, office visit, or come to the SC State House on Tuesdays (12 noon), Wednesdays (10 AM), or Thursdays (10 AM), to lobby them directly, outside the SC House Chamber (Second Floor Lobby of State House).
Representative F. Gregory "Greg" Delleney, Jr.
District 43 - Chester & York Cos.
Contact Address:
(H) P.O. Drawer 808, Chester, 29706
Bus. (803) 581-2211 Home (803) 385-3580
(C) 532C Blatt Bldg., Columbia, 29201
(127 West End, Chester, 29706)
Bus. (803) 734-3074 Home (803) 385-3580
E-Mail Address: fgd@schouse.org
Representative James H. Harrison
District 75 - Richland Co.
Contact Address:
(H) 198 Preserve Lane, Columbia, 29209
Bus. (803) 256-0049 Home (803) 783-0777
(C) 512 Blatt Bldg., Columbia, 29201
Bus. (803) 734-3120 Home (803) 783-0777
E-Mail Address: HJU@schouse.org
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According to the text of the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision itself, all that is necessary to "collapse" the abortion argument, is to establish fetal "personhood" without any exceptions. For 10 years, since February 1998, the Right to Life Act of SC has been an active bill in the SC House, and if passed into law, would recognize the God-given personhood of human beings at fertilization, without exceptions. This bill would end "legalized" abortion in South Carolina.
With Republican majorities in the SC House, the SC Senate, a Republican Governor (Mark Sanford), and a Republican Lt. Governor (President of the SC Senate) Andre Bauer, it is clear that the reason for the failure to pass the Right to Life Act of SC, and bring an end to the pre-meditated murder of 7,000 children per year in South Carolina, is because the REPUBLICANS in the South Carolina Legislature have chosen not to do so.
Fetal 'Personhood' denied by Republican-majority SC Legislature in 2007 (2008 ?)
According to the language of Roe, if a Legislature will declare the 'fetus' is legally a 'person ' at fertilization, without 'exceptions,' Abortion is over ! Neither the Republican-majority SC House, nor the Republican majority SC Senate, even held Judiciary Subcommittee public hearings on the Right to Life Act of SC (H.3284 / S.313) during the entire January 2007 through June 2007 SC Legislative session, finally adjourning June 29.
www.christianlifeandliberty.net/H3284-H3273-S313-01.doc
_________________________________________________
The Right to Life Act of SC, in statutorily vesting legal "personhood" at fertilization for ALL human beings, satisifies the Roe formula published 35 years ago. The issue of legal "Personhood" for ALL human beings, without exception, is a key to unlocking the 35 year old Roe v. Wade abortion enigma.
2007-2008 State-Level Personhood (and other selected) Legislation
- Including State-Level Personhood Bills and Constitutional Amendments
- AL, CO, GA, MT, SC, VA
Updated February 14, 2008
http://righttolifeactofsc.blogspot.com/2008/02/2007-2008-state-level-personhood-and.html
"Personhood Song" - Artist: Tony Funderbunk (4:06 - audio link)
"Give an unborn baby personhood..."
www.coloradorighttolife.org/files/audio/personhood.mp3
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George Mason, Virginia delegate to the Constitutional Convention, 1787:
"Every master of slaves is born a petty tyrant. They bring the judgment of heaven upon a country. As nations cannot be rewarded or punished in the next world, they must be in this. By an inevitable chain of causes and effects, Providence punishes nation sins, by national calamites."
America lost over 600,000 American lives in the War Between Americans (1861-1865) as a result of God's divine judgment on the national sin of America's institutionalized chattel slavery system
Just as God is already bringing incrementally greater divine judgment (e.g., 9-11, War in Iraq, the ongoing Foreign Invasion by 12-20 Million Illegal Aliens, a Collapsing Economy, etc.) upon America for our federal, state, and local government-protected, institutionalized system of child-murder in our 750 plus abortion centers and hospitals and doctors offices today.
www.lifedynamics.com/DeathCamps/DeathCamps.cfm
AMERICA - A NATION UNDER DIVINE JUDGMENT.
Psalm 33:12; Proverb 14:34; Psalm 9:17; 2 Kings 24:1-4; Jeremiah 19:3-5; Psalm 106:37-42
Foreign invasion (12-20 Million Illegal Aliens) and War (Iraq) are divine consequences upon a nation, any nation, for the shedding of innocent blood (e.g., 2 Kings 24:1-4)...
"If My people [Christians], which are called by My Name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek My Face, and turn from their wicked ways [sins of commission and omission]; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land [America, or any nation]."
2 Chronicles 7:14
FIFTH ANNUAL "REPENTANCE FOR BLOODGUILT" OUTDOOR WORSHIP SERVICE IN COLUMBIA, SC (since January 2003)
Sunday, January 21, 2007, South Steps, SC State House, Columbia, South Carolina
www.christianlifeandliberty.net/REP07-05.doc
"But judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it."
Psalm 94:15, KJB
"America repent"
"Contemporary Christian Artist: Tim Juillet"
www.myspace.com/timjuillet
(scroll down to song in player window in upper right of home page)
No King but King Jesus! (Yeshua Messiah)
Declarations and Evidences of Christian Faith in America's Colonial Charters, State Constitutions, and other Historical Documents during over 375 Years of American History: 1606 to 1982
www.christianlifeandliberty.net/NoKingbutKingJesus.doc
"... I will build My church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it." Matt. 16:18
Yeshua Messiah
Hallelu-Yah !
Steve Lefemine, pro-life missionary
dir., Columbia Christians for Life
PO Box 50358
Columbia, SC
(803) 765-0916
www.ChristianLifeandLiberty.net
www.RighttoLifeActofSC.net
www.LefemineForLife.net
April 6, 2008
"Right to Life Act of SC "Personhood" Bill - Public Hearing, February 14, 2008
http://righttolifeactofsc.blogspot.com/2008/02/right-to-life-act-of-sc-personhood-bill.html
Public Hearing Statement in support of Right to Life Act of SC - Columbia, SC - Feb. 14, 2008
http://righttolifeactofsc.blogspot.com/2008/02/public-hearing-statement-in-support-of.html
Now it is unclear whether or not Rep. Delleney will hold any further public hearings in the 2008 SC Legislative year (which ends June 5) on the Right to Life Act of SC, to pass the bill out of his Constitutional Laws Subcommittee, as he has already done once before, the last time he held a public hearing for the bill, three years ago, on March 31, 2005:
'Take Action to Pass the RTL Act of SC' - April 1, 2005
www.christianlifeandliberty.net/H3213-201.doc
The bill also previously passed Rep. Harrison's full Judiciary Committee, on April 5, 2005:
www.scstatehouse.net/sess116_2005-2006/bills/3213.htm
'Take Action to Pass the RTL Act of SC' - April 7, 2005
www.christianlifeandliberty.net/H3213-252.doc
Please contact Rep. Greg Delleney (R-Chester) and Rep. Jim Harrison (R-Columbia) and urge them to pass the Right to Life Act of SC out of their respective committees immediately. You can contact them by phone, letter, e-mail, office visit, or come to the SC State House on Tuesdays (12 noon), Wednesdays (10 AM), or Thursdays (10 AM), to lobby them directly, outside the SC House Chamber (Second Floor Lobby of State House).
Representative F. Gregory "Greg" Delleney, Jr.
District 43 - Chester & York Cos.
Contact Address:
(H) P.O. Drawer 808, Chester, 29706
Bus. (803) 581-2211 Home (803) 385-3580
(C) 532C Blatt Bldg., Columbia, 29201
(127 West End, Chester, 29706)
Bus. (803) 734-3074 Home (803) 385-3580
E-Mail Address: fgd@schouse.org
Representative James H. Harrison
District 75 - Richland Co.
Contact Address:
(H) 198 Preserve Lane, Columbia, 29209
Bus. (803) 256-0049 Home (803) 783-0777
(C) 512 Blatt Bldg., Columbia, 29201
Bus. (803) 734-3120 Home (803) 783-0777
E-Mail Address: HJU@schouse.org
_________________________________________________
According to the text of the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision itself, all that is necessary to "collapse" the abortion argument, is to establish fetal "personhood" without any exceptions. For 10 years, since February 1998, the Right to Life Act of SC has been an active bill in the SC House, and if passed into law, would recognize the God-given personhood of human beings at fertilization, without exceptions. This bill would end "legalized" abortion in South Carolina.
With Republican majorities in the SC House, the SC Senate, a Republican Governor (Mark Sanford), and a Republican Lt. Governor (President of the SC Senate) Andre Bauer, it is clear that the reason for the failure to pass the Right to Life Act of SC, and bring an end to the pre-meditated murder of 7,000 children per year in South Carolina, is because the REPUBLICANS in the South Carolina Legislature have chosen not to do so.
Fetal 'Personhood' denied by Republican-majority SC Legislature in 2007 (2008 ?)
According to the language of Roe, if a Legislature will declare the 'fetus' is legally a 'person ' at fertilization, without 'exceptions,' Abortion is over ! Neither the Republican-majority SC House, nor the Republican majority SC Senate, even held Judiciary Subcommittee public hearings on the Right to Life Act of SC (H.3284 / S.313) during the entire January 2007 through June 2007 SC Legislative session, finally adjourning June 29.
www.christianlifeandliberty.net/H3284-H3273-S313-01.doc
_________________________________________________
The Right to Life Act of SC, in statutorily vesting legal "personhood" at fertilization for ALL human beings, satisifies the Roe formula published 35 years ago. The issue of legal "Personhood" for ALL human beings, without exception, is a key to unlocking the 35 year old Roe v. Wade abortion enigma.
2007-2008 State-Level Personhood (and other selected) Legislation
- Including State-Level Personhood Bills and Constitutional Amendments
- AL, CO, GA, MT, SC, VA
Updated February 14, 2008
http://righttolifeactofsc.blogspot.com/2008/02/2007-2008-state-level-personhood-and.html
"Personhood Song" - Artist: Tony Funderbunk (4:06 - audio link)
"Give an unborn baby personhood..."
www.coloradorighttolife.org/files/audio/personhood.mp3
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
George Mason, Virginia delegate to the Constitutional Convention, 1787:
"Every master of slaves is born a petty tyrant. They bring the judgment of heaven upon a country. As nations cannot be rewarded or punished in the next world, they must be in this. By an inevitable chain of causes and effects, Providence punishes nation sins, by national calamites."
America lost over 600,000 American lives in the War Between Americans (1861-1865) as a result of God's divine judgment on the national sin of America's institutionalized chattel slavery system
Just as God is already bringing incrementally greater divine judgment (e.g., 9-11, War in Iraq, the ongoing Foreign Invasion by 12-20 Million Illegal Aliens, a Collapsing Economy, etc.) upon America for our federal, state, and local government-protected, institutionalized system of child-murder in our 750 plus abortion centers and hospitals and doctors offices today.
www.lifedynamics.com/DeathCamps/DeathCamps.cfm
AMERICA - A NATION UNDER DIVINE JUDGMENT.
Psalm 33:12; Proverb 14:34; Psalm 9:17; 2 Kings 24:1-4; Jeremiah 19:3-5; Psalm 106:37-42
Foreign invasion (12-20 Million Illegal Aliens) and War (Iraq) are divine consequences upon a nation, any nation, for the shedding of innocent blood (e.g., 2 Kings 24:1-4)...
"If My people [Christians], which are called by My Name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek My Face, and turn from their wicked ways [sins of commission and omission]; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land [America, or any nation]."
2 Chronicles 7:14
FIFTH ANNUAL "REPENTANCE FOR BLOODGUILT" OUTDOOR WORSHIP SERVICE IN COLUMBIA, SC (since January 2003)
Sunday, January 21, 2007, South Steps, SC State House, Columbia, South Carolina
www.christianlifeandliberty.net/REP07-05.doc
"But judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it."
Psalm 94:15, KJB
"America repent"
"Contemporary Christian Artist: Tim Juillet"
www.myspace.com/timjuillet
(scroll down to song in player window in upper right of home page)
No King but King Jesus! (Yeshua Messiah)
Declarations and Evidences of Christian Faith in America's Colonial Charters, State Constitutions, and other Historical Documents during over 375 Years of American History: 1606 to 1982
www.christianlifeandliberty.net/NoKingbutKingJesus.doc
"... I will build My church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it." Matt. 16:18
Yeshua Messiah
Hallelu-Yah !
Steve Lefemine, pro-life missionary
dir., Columbia Christians for Life
PO Box 50358
Columbia, SC
(803) 765-0916
www.ChristianLifeandLiberty.net
www.RighttoLifeActofSC.net
www.LefemineForLife.net
April 6, 2008
February 28, 2008
Colorado Catholic Conference (Colorado's three Catholic Bishops) does not back Personhood Amendment
denverpost.com
DENVER & THE WEST
Catholic Conference does not back personhood amendment
www.denverpost.com/news/ci_8397157
By Electa Draper
The Denver Post
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Posted: 02/28/2008 05:47:29 PM MST
Updated: 02/28/2008 05:48:59 PM MST
The Colorado Catholic Conference said it has not endorsed a Colorado ballot measure that would grant personhood and constitutional rights to humans from the moment of conception.
The conference, which speaks for the state's three Catholic bishops, issued a statement Thursday contradicting the petitioners Colorado for Equal Rights which claimed Wednesday that the church's state leaders are on board.
Colorado for Equal Rights organizer Keith Mason had issued a statement listing the anti-abortion group's prominent supporters.
Mason said Pueblo Bishop Arthur Tafoya, Colorado Springs Bishop Michael Sheridan and Denver Archbishop Charles Chaput had "personally expressed their support."
Colorado Catholic Conference Executive Director Jennifer Kraska said the statement "seriously misrepresents" the views of the Catholic bishops regarding the personhood amendment.
Mason said that Tafoya of personally told him he had signed the petition and "to keep up the good work."
Tafoya has not signed the petition, Kraska said.
"We commend the goal of this effort to end abortion. Individual Catholics may choose to work for its passage," Kraska said.
"At the same time, we recognize that other people committed to the sanctity of life have raised serious questions about this specific amendment's timing and content," she said.
Kraska said the Georgia Catholic archbishops did not support a similar human-life bill tabled by the state legislature.
The Georgia archbishops said the bill would not effectively challenge Roe v. Wade, the 1973 landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion.
"It's a political, gutless position," said Judie Brown, president of the American Life League.
"As a Catholic, it's the most scandalous thing I've ever heard," Brown said. "I can't believe that any bishop wouldn't want to be out in the front lines helping the petitioners. The sanctity of life is a fundamental teaching of the Catholic Church."
The majority of Colorado for Equal Rights' 1,000 volunteers, Mason said, are Catholics.
The dioceses also had questions about Colorado for Equal Rights' structure, financials, strategy and tactics, Kraska said. She had requested additional information from the group, she said, that it never provided.
Mason said he did provide it and would do so again.
The Colorado effort is part of a national movement to win Supreme Court review of Roe v. Wade, Brown said. Montana and Mississippi also have ballot initiatives in progress for 2008; Georgia, Michigan, Ohio and Oregon
were working toward a 2009 measure.
Electa Draper: 303-954-1276 or edraper@denverpost.com
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February 25, 2008
Woman hanged herself after aborting her own twin babies
"She was only going ahead with the abortion because her boyfriend did not want the twins."
"I believe this is what led Emma to take her own life - she could not live with what she had done."
Telegraph.UK.COM
Artist hanged herself after aborting her twins
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/02/22/nartist122.xml
February 24, 2008
Tragically this is not the first suicide by a woman stricken in her heart over what she has done to murder her own baby (in this case two babies) after-the-fact. However, don't expect the biased, pro-abortion, American dominant (for now) dinosaur media to report these kinds of stories even when they happen here in the States.
No wonder dinosaur daily newspapers are struggling financially, losing readers, reducing staff levels, etc. Circulating stories like this and so many others that are censored by the dinosaur media (e.g., the numerous medical studies showing abortion causes breast cancer - www.abortionbreastcancer.com, or the CFR's North American Union - www.stopthenorthamericanunion.com / www.spp.gov, or the almost 90-year-old Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) itself - "The Definition of Tyranny"- www.christianlifeandliberty.net/CFR-TNAart.doc / www.stopthenorthamericanunion.com/CFRMembers.html, that controls the federal government and corporate/dinosaur media, for that matter !), demonstrates both the need and the reality of the New Media !
Steve Lefemine
Columbia Christians for Life
________________________________________________
Telegraph.UK.COM
Artist hanged herself after aborting her twins
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/02/22/nartist122.xml
Last Updated: 12:23pm GMT 24/02/2008
An artist killed herself after aborting her twins when she was eight weeks pregnant, leaving a note saying: "I should never have had an abortion. I see now I would have been a good mum."
Cardinal's aide 'pushed me to abortion'
Andrew McKie: The Abortion Act is not working as intended
Catholic hospital bans abortion referrals
Emma Beck was found hanging at her home in Helston, Cornwall, on Feb 1 2007. She was declared dead early the following day - her 31st birthday.
Her suicide note read: "I told everyone I didn't want to do it, even at the hospital. I was frightened, now it is too late. I died when my babies died. I want to be with my babies: they need me, no-one else does."
The inquest at Truro City Hall heard that Miss Beck had split up with her boyfriend, referred to as "Ben" after he "reacted badly" to the pregnancy.
She saw her GP before the termination, but missed an appointment at a hospital in Penzance. She then cancelled, but later turned up to an appointment at a clinic at Royal Cornwall Hospital in Treliske. The counsellor was on holiday so a doctor referred Miss Beck to a pregnancy counselling telephone service eight days before carrying out the abortion when she was eight weeks pregnant, the inquest heard.
The coroner, Dr Emma Carlyon, ordered that the identities of the doctor who performed the abortion and her lead consultant be kept secret.
The inquest heard that Sylvia Beck, the victim's mother, wrote to the hospital after her daughter's death, saying: "I want to know why she was not given the opportunity to see a counsellor.
"She was only going ahead with the abortion because her boyfriend did not want the twins.
"I believe this is what led Emma to take her own life - she could not live with what she had done."
The doctor said: "I discussed Emma's situation with her, and wrote on the form, 'Unsupported, lives alone, ex-partner aware'.
"It is normal practice to give a woman the number for telephone counselling when a counsellor is not available.
"I am satisfied that everything was done to make sure that Emma consented to the operation.
She added: "We have since appointed more counsellors so there is more holiday cover."
Katie Gibbs, Miss Beck's GP, told the hearing: "She was extremely distressed by the abortion procedure, and I didn't think she ever came to terms with it.
"She had a long history of anxiety and depression. Despite my best efforts, she was not willing to see a counsellor after the termination."
Her boss at the clinic, said: "The time that can be given to a woman by a counsellor is limited in a busy hospital.
"I am satisfied everything was done to make sure Emma was consenting to surgery. I don't feel there was any gap in the counselling service.
"There were lots of individuals who would be alert to any doubts. The comments made by Emma's mother are not about a doctor I recognise."
Mrs Beck told the court: "Emma was considered a talented artist, and sold a number of paintings.
"She was pleased when she became pregnant, but Ben reacted badly to the news."
Recording a verdict of suicide, Dr Carlyon said: "It is clear that a termination can have a profound effect on a woman's life.
"But I am reassured by the evidence of the doctors here."
© Copyright of Telegraph Media Group Limited 2008
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Also posted at: www.libertypost.org/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=217163
"I believe this is what led Emma to take her own life - she could not live with what she had done."
Telegraph.UK.COM
Artist hanged herself after aborting her twins
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/02/22/nartist122.xml
February 24, 2008
Tragically this is not the first suicide by a woman stricken in her heart over what she has done to murder her own baby (in this case two babies) after-the-fact. However, don't expect the biased, pro-abortion, American dominant (for now) dinosaur media to report these kinds of stories even when they happen here in the States.
No wonder dinosaur daily newspapers are struggling financially, losing readers, reducing staff levels, etc. Circulating stories like this and so many others that are censored by the dinosaur media (e.g., the numerous medical studies showing abortion causes breast cancer - www.abortionbreastcancer.com, or the CFR's North American Union - www.stopthenorthamericanunion.com / www.spp.gov, or the almost 90-year-old Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) itself - "The Definition of Tyranny"- www.christianlifeandliberty.net/CFR-TNAart.doc / www.stopthenorthamericanunion.com/CFRMembers.html, that controls the federal government and corporate/dinosaur media, for that matter !), demonstrates both the need and the reality of the New Media !
Steve Lefemine
Columbia Christians for Life
________________________________________________
Telegraph.UK.COM
Artist hanged herself after aborting her twins
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/02/22/nartist122.xml
Last Updated: 12:23pm GMT 24/02/2008
An artist killed herself after aborting her twins when she was eight weeks pregnant, leaving a note saying: "I should never have had an abortion. I see now I would have been a good mum."
Cardinal's aide 'pushed me to abortion'
Andrew McKie: The Abortion Act is not working as intended
Catholic hospital bans abortion referrals
Emma Beck was found hanging at her home in Helston, Cornwall, on Feb 1 2007. She was declared dead early the following day - her 31st birthday.
Her suicide note read: "I told everyone I didn't want to do it, even at the hospital. I was frightened, now it is too late. I died when my babies died. I want to be with my babies: they need me, no-one else does."
The inquest at Truro City Hall heard that Miss Beck had split up with her boyfriend, referred to as "Ben" after he "reacted badly" to the pregnancy.
She saw her GP before the termination, but missed an appointment at a hospital in Penzance. She then cancelled, but later turned up to an appointment at a clinic at Royal Cornwall Hospital in Treliske. The counsellor was on holiday so a doctor referred Miss Beck to a pregnancy counselling telephone service eight days before carrying out the abortion when she was eight weeks pregnant, the inquest heard.
The coroner, Dr Emma Carlyon, ordered that the identities of the doctor who performed the abortion and her lead consultant be kept secret.
The inquest heard that Sylvia Beck, the victim's mother, wrote to the hospital after her daughter's death, saying: "I want to know why she was not given the opportunity to see a counsellor.
"She was only going ahead with the abortion because her boyfriend did not want the twins.
"I believe this is what led Emma to take her own life - she could not live with what she had done."
The doctor said: "I discussed Emma's situation with her, and wrote on the form, 'Unsupported, lives alone, ex-partner aware'.
"It is normal practice to give a woman the number for telephone counselling when a counsellor is not available.
"I am satisfied that everything was done to make sure that Emma consented to the operation.
She added: "We have since appointed more counsellors so there is more holiday cover."
Katie Gibbs, Miss Beck's GP, told the hearing: "She was extremely distressed by the abortion procedure, and I didn't think she ever came to terms with it.
"She had a long history of anxiety and depression. Despite my best efforts, she was not willing to see a counsellor after the termination."
Her boss at the clinic, said: "The time that can be given to a woman by a counsellor is limited in a busy hospital.
"I am satisfied everything was done to make sure Emma was consenting to surgery. I don't feel there was any gap in the counselling service.
"There were lots of individuals who would be alert to any doubts. The comments made by Emma's mother are not about a doctor I recognise."
Mrs Beck told the court: "Emma was considered a talented artist, and sold a number of paintings.
"She was pleased when she became pregnant, but Ben reacted badly to the news."
Recording a verdict of suicide, Dr Carlyon said: "It is clear that a termination can have a profound effect on a woman's life.
"But I am reassured by the evidence of the doctors here."
© Copyright of Telegraph Media Group Limited 2008
__________________________________________________
Also posted at: www.libertypost.org/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=217163
February 15, 2008
2007-2008 State-Level Personhood (and other selected) Legislation
- Including State-Level Personhood Bills and Constitutional Amendments
- AL, CO, GA, MT, SC, VA
Including: 1) only principled pro-life Personhood Bills [except in the case of Virginia, see below]; and
2) both, bills in the States' Legislatures, and Proposed State-Level Constitutional Amendments, all with NO EXCEPTIONS; i.e., declaring bona fide legal "Personhood" at fertilization or conception (any "exceptions" fatally undermine the legal concept of legal personhood, as expressed in the very text of the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision).
Updated February 14, 2008 ("abortion-ban" bills that do not mention persons, personhood are not included)
Alabama - HB 348
http://www.blogger.com/acas/searchableinstruments/2008rs/bills/hb348.htm
Type Bill: state-level life-at-conception/personhood bill: "Effective July 1, 2008, the laws of this state shall be interpreted and construed to acknowledge on behalf of the unborn child at every stage of development all the rights, privileges, and immunities available to other persons, citizens, and residents of this state, subject only to the Constitution of the United States and decisional interpretations thereof by the United States Supreme Court."
Colorado - Human Life Amendment
http://coloradoforequalrights.com/files/initiativetext.pdf
Type Bill: state-level personhood constitutional amendment by citizen petition
Georgia - HB 1
www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/2007_08/fulltext/hb1.htm
Type bill: state-level abortion ban bill; also asserts fetal personhood as legislative finding of fact
Georgia - HR 536
www.legis.ga.gov/legis/2007_08/search/hr536.htm
Type Bill: state-level personhood constitutional amendment introduced in Georgia General Assembly
Montana - HB 403
http://data.opi.mt.gov/bills/2007/billhtml/HB0403.htm
Type bill: state-level personhood constitutional amendment introduced in Montana Legislature
Montana - CI-100, the Montana Personhood Amendment
www.life2008.org/ballotaccess/
Type Bill: state-level personhood constitutional amendment by citizen petition
South Carolina - H.3284
www.scstatehouse.net/sess117_2007-2008/bills/3284.htm
Type bill: state-level personhood bill
South Carolina - S.313
www.scstatehouse.net/sess117_2007-2008/bills/313.htm
Type bill: state-level personhood bill
Virginia - HB 2797
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?071+ful+HB2797
Type bill: state-level right to life at fertilization bill; does not assert legal personhood, but does assert:
"That life begins at the moment of fertilization and the right to enjoyment of life guaranteed by Article 1, § 1 of the Constitution of Virginia is vested in each born and preborn human being from the moment of fertilization."
[ Note: this Virginia bill asserts the constitutional right to life at fertilization for each "human being." ]
Prepared by: Columbia Christians for Life, PO Box 50358, Columbia, SC 29250 * (803) 765-0916 www.ChristianLifeandLiberty.net (click on "RTL Act of SC") / www.RighttoLifeActofSC.net
__________________________________________________________________________
"Exceptions" to legal "personhood" are unconstitutional, as explained in the text of the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, and in a Justice Blackmun footnote therein:
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=us&vol=410&invol=113
The 1973 Roe v. Wade decision stated that if legal "personhood" for the unborn is established, then the pro-abortion legal argument "collapses."
In the very text of the Roe v. Wade US supreme Court decision it states,
“[Texas] argue[s] that the fetus is a “person” within the language and meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment… If this suggestion of personhood is established, the [pro-abortion] case, of course, collapses, for the fetus’ right to life would then be guaranteed specifically by the [14th] Amendment.”
In other words, there never would have been legalized abortion under Roe v. Wade. But tragically, Texas had an “exception” which undermined their entire “personhood” argument. Justice Harry Blackmun wrote: [emphasis added]
“[ Footnote 54 ] When Texas urges that a fetus is entitled to Fourteenth Amendment protection as a person, it faces a dilemma. Neither in Texas nor in any other State are all abortions prohibited. Despite broad proscription, an exception always exists… But if the fetus is a person who is not to be deprived of life without due process of law, and if the mother's condition is the sole determinant, does not the Texas exception appear to be out of line with the Amendment's command? ...”
Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973):
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=us&vol=410&invol=113
Right to Life Act of SC - news conference and "Jesus Christ is Lord of the Gates" pro-life rally - Jan. 17, 2006
www.christianlifeandliberty.net/H3213-S111-1032.doc
Any "exceptions" to fetal personhood fatally undermines the entire "personhood" legal concept, just as it did in 1973. For over 35 years now, the pro-life movement has failed to achieve the goal of ending child-murder-by abortion by a state-level, statutory (or state-level constitutional amendment) declaration that pre-birth human beings are legal "persons" at fertilization, without exception.
The Right to Life Act of SC, in statutorily vesting legal “personhood” at fertilization for ALL human beings, satisifies the Roe formula published over 35 years ago.
The key legal issue presented in the very text of Roe, necessary to unravel the entire Roe framework, is statutorily vesting legal “personhood” at fertilization for ALL human beings. This would satisfy the Roe formula published 35 years ago.
The issue of legal “personhood” for ALL human beings, without exception, is a key to unlocking the 35 year old Roe v. Wade abortion enigma.
Either a "person" is a "person," or they are not. Either ALL pre-birth human beings are legal "persons" at fertilization, or they are not. There can be no "exceptions" to fetal "personhood."
The Saviour said, "... I will build My church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it."
Matthew 16:18
Steve Lefemine, pro-life missionary
dir., Columbia Christians for Life
PO Box 50358, Columbia, SC 29250
(803) 765-0916
http://www.christianlifeandliberty.net/ (click on "RTL Act of SC")
http://www.righttolifeactofsc.net/
February 14, 2008
- AL, CO, GA, MT, SC, VA
Including: 1) only principled pro-life Personhood Bills [except in the case of Virginia, see below]; and
2) both, bills in the States' Legislatures, and Proposed State-Level Constitutional Amendments, all with NO EXCEPTIONS; i.e., declaring bona fide legal "Personhood" at fertilization or conception (any "exceptions" fatally undermine the legal concept of legal personhood, as expressed in the very text of the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision).
Updated February 14, 2008 ("abortion-ban" bills that do not mention persons, personhood are not included)
Alabama - HB 348
http://www.blogger.com/acas/searchableinstruments/2008rs/bills/hb348.htm
Type Bill: state-level life-at-conception/personhood bill: "Effective July 1, 2008, the laws of this state shall be interpreted and construed to acknowledge on behalf of the unborn child at every stage of development all the rights, privileges, and immunities available to other persons, citizens, and residents of this state, subject only to the Constitution of the United States and decisional interpretations thereof by the United States Supreme Court."
Colorado - Human Life Amendment
http://coloradoforequalrights.com/files/initiativetext.pdf
Type Bill: state-level personhood constitutional amendment by citizen petition
Georgia - HB 1
www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/2007_08/fulltext/hb1.htm
Type bill: state-level abortion ban bill; also asserts fetal personhood as legislative finding of fact
Georgia - HR 536
www.legis.ga.gov/legis/2007_08/search/hr536.htm
Type Bill: state-level personhood constitutional amendment introduced in Georgia General Assembly
Montana - HB 403
http://data.opi.mt.gov/bills/2007/billhtml/HB0403.htm
Type bill: state-level personhood constitutional amendment introduced in Montana Legislature
Montana - CI-100, the Montana Personhood Amendment
www.life2008.org/ballotaccess/
Type Bill: state-level personhood constitutional amendment by citizen petition
South Carolina - H.3284
www.scstatehouse.net/sess117_2007-2008/bills/3284.htm
Type bill: state-level personhood bill
South Carolina - S.313
www.scstatehouse.net/sess117_2007-2008/bills/313.htm
Type bill: state-level personhood bill
Virginia - HB 2797
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?071+ful+HB2797
Type bill: state-level right to life at fertilization bill; does not assert legal personhood, but does assert:
"That life begins at the moment of fertilization and the right to enjoyment of life guaranteed by Article 1, § 1 of the Constitution of Virginia is vested in each born and preborn human being from the moment of fertilization."
[ Note: this Virginia bill asserts the constitutional right to life at fertilization for each "human being." ]
Prepared by: Columbia Christians for Life, PO Box 50358, Columbia, SC 29250 * (803) 765-0916 www.ChristianLifeandLiberty.net (click on "RTL Act of SC") / www.RighttoLifeActofSC.net
__________________________________________________________________________
"Exceptions" to legal "personhood" are unconstitutional, as explained in the text of the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, and in a Justice Blackmun footnote therein:
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=us&vol=410&invol=113
The 1973 Roe v. Wade decision stated that if legal "personhood" for the unborn is established, then the pro-abortion legal argument "collapses."
In the very text of the Roe v. Wade US supreme Court decision it states,
“[Texas] argue[s] that the fetus is a “person” within the language and meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment… If this suggestion of personhood is established, the [pro-abortion] case, of course, collapses, for the fetus’ right to life would then be guaranteed specifically by the [14th] Amendment.”
In other words, there never would have been legalized abortion under Roe v. Wade. But tragically, Texas had an “exception” which undermined their entire “personhood” argument. Justice Harry Blackmun wrote: [emphasis added]
“[ Footnote 54 ] When Texas urges that a fetus is entitled to Fourteenth Amendment protection as a person, it faces a dilemma. Neither in Texas nor in any other State are all abortions prohibited. Despite broad proscription, an exception always exists… But if the fetus is a person who is not to be deprived of life without due process of law, and if the mother's condition is the sole determinant, does not the Texas exception appear to be out of line with the Amendment's command? ...”
Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973):
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=us&vol=410&invol=113
Right to Life Act of SC - news conference and "Jesus Christ is Lord of the Gates" pro-life rally - Jan. 17, 2006
www.christianlifeandliberty.net/H3213-S111-1032.doc
Any "exceptions" to fetal personhood fatally undermines the entire "personhood" legal concept, just as it did in 1973. For over 35 years now, the pro-life movement has failed to achieve the goal of ending child-murder-by abortion by a state-level, statutory (or state-level constitutional amendment) declaration that pre-birth human beings are legal "persons" at fertilization, without exception.
The Right to Life Act of SC, in statutorily vesting legal “personhood” at fertilization for ALL human beings, satisifies the Roe formula published over 35 years ago.
The key legal issue presented in the very text of Roe, necessary to unravel the entire Roe framework, is statutorily vesting legal “personhood” at fertilization for ALL human beings. This would satisfy the Roe formula published 35 years ago.
The issue of legal “personhood” for ALL human beings, without exception, is a key to unlocking the 35 year old Roe v. Wade abortion enigma.
Either a "person" is a "person," or they are not. Either ALL pre-birth human beings are legal "persons" at fertilization, or they are not. There can be no "exceptions" to fetal "personhood."
The Saviour said, "... I will build My church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it."
Matthew 16:18
Steve Lefemine, pro-life missionary
dir., Columbia Christians for Life
PO Box 50358, Columbia, SC 29250
(803) 765-0916
http://www.christianlifeandliberty.net/ (click on "RTL Act of SC")
http://www.righttolifeactofsc.net/
February 14, 2008
February 14, 2008
Public Hearing Statement in support of Right to Life Act of SC - Columbia, SC - Feb. 14, 2008
Bill: H.3697, the "Right to Life Act of SC"
Where: Room 511, Blatt House Office Building
SC State House complex
Columbia, South Carolina
When: Thursday, February 14, at 9:00 AM
Legislative body: Constitutional Laws Subcommittee of the SC House Judiciary Committee:
Today's Public Hearing on the Right to Life Act of SC lasted from approx. 9-10 AM. Speakers included South Carolina Attorney General Henry McMaster, four pro-life/anti-abortion speakers, and two pro-child-murder speakers. Time expired before all those wishing to speak were afforded an opportunity, and so there may be another hearing scheduled for additional public input.
Legal Opinion (2005) of South Carolina Attorney General on the Right to Life Act of SC
"Accordingly, it is our opinion that the Right to Life Act is constitutional."
www.christianlifeandliberty.net/Westlaw_Document_15_03_35_5392471.doc
Where: Room 511, Blatt House Office Building
SC State House complex
Columbia, South Carolina
When: Thursday, February 14, at 9:00 AM
Legislative body: Constitutional Laws Subcommittee of the SC House Judiciary Committee:
Today's Public Hearing on the Right to Life Act of SC lasted from approx. 9-10 AM. Speakers included South Carolina Attorney General Henry McMaster, four pro-life/anti-abortion speakers, and two pro-child-murder speakers. Time expired before all those wishing to speak were afforded an opportunity, and so there may be another hearing scheduled for additional public input.
Legal Opinion (2005) of South Carolina Attorney General on the Right to Life Act of SC
"Accordingly, it is our opinion that the Right to Life Act is constitutional."
www.christianlifeandliberty.net/Westlaw_Document_15_03_35_5392471.doc
South Carolina Attorney General Henry McMaster appearing before the Constitutional Laws Subcommittee, February 14, 2008, reasserted that the Right to Life Act of South Carolina is constitutional, but also said that if applied to abortion, the outcome would be dependent upon the ruling of the US Supreme Court.
The four pro-life/anti-abortion speakers were:
- Mr. Johnny Gardner, dir., Voice of the Unborn
- Mr. Bob Slimp, minister, former Army chaplain
- Mr. Charles Butler, pastor, Souls Afire Baptist Church
- Mr. Steve Lefemine, dir., Columbia Christians for Life
The actual bill on the Con Laws Subcommittee agenda was H.3697, a later revision of H.3284.
The prepared statement given to Con Laws Subcommittee members applies to both H.3284 and H.3697, as was explained to the Con Laws Subcommittee members present.
H.3284
www.scstatehouse.net/sess117_2007-2008/bills/3284.htm
H.3697
www.scstatehouse.net/sess117_2007-2008/bills/3697.htm
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Columbia Christians for Life
P.O. Box 50358, Columbia, S.C. 29250 * (803) 765-0916 * http://www.christianslifeandliberty.net/
“… I will build My church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.” Matthew 16:18
P.O. Box 50358, Columbia, S.C. 29250 * (803) 765-0916 * http://www.christianslifeandliberty.net/
“… I will build My church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.” Matthew 16:18
Public Hearing, Constitutional Laws Subcommittee, SC House Judiciary Committee
Right to Life Act of SC "Personhood" Bill - H.3284
Thursday, February 14, 2008, 9:00 AM: Room 511, Blatt Building, State House complex, Columbia, SC
Statement by Steve Lefemine, dir. Columbia Christians for Life:
( to be posted at: www.ChristianLifeandLiberty.net ('RTL Act') and www.RighttoLifeActofSC.net )
Good morning Mr. Chairman and members of the Constitutional Laws Subcommittee. My name is Steve Lefemine and I am director of Columbia Christians for Life. I ask you today to ESTABLISH JUSTICE for the 500 plus pre-birth children who will otherwise likely be murdered by surgical abortion here in SC this next month, as they have been, each and every month, month after month, year after bloody year, let alone perhaps multiple times that number by chemical abortion, by favorably passing H.3284, the Right to Life Act of SC "Personhood" Bill, as it is presently written, with no amendments, out of committee as soon as possible. From 1973 to 2006, over 324,000 pre-birth human lives were destroyed by surgical abortion alone here in our state, and the DHEC figures show statewide increases for 2005 and 2006. Their blood cries out from the ground for God's vengeance, and He is bringing His just judgment upon us, all of us, and this land, for the shedding of their innocent blood. America as we know it will be destroyed if we do not stop this innocent bloodshed. In your folders are pictures of the victims of this slaughter, which you have the legal authority to bring to an end.
This is the fourth time this bill has come before this Subcommittee since it was first introduced in 1998, 10 years ago this month. There were hearings in 2001, 2004, and 2005. In March 2005, the SC Attorney General issued a written legal opinion stating the bill was constitutional on its face, although if applied to the matter of abortion, it would have to be adjudicated, which would come as no surprise. In April 2005, the bill was amended on the full House floor by former member Rep. Rivers, to include an "exception" for rape victims. As I wrote in memos yesterday, please pass this bill out of this subcommittee as it was passed out of subcommittee and the full Judiciary Committee in 2005, i.e., without any exceptions, such as the Rivers amendment.
The key legal issue presented in the very text of Roe, necessary to unravel the whole Roe framework, is to statutorily vest legal “personhood” at fertilization for ALL human beings, with no "exceptions." This would satisfy explicitly the Roe formula written 35 years ago. Exceptions to "personhood" are unconstitutional.
In your folders I have provided copies of excerpts from Roe v. Wade, as I did with yesterday's memos. Specifically, quoting, with word inserts bracketed, from the text of the 1973 Supreme Court decision, it states:
“[Texas] argue[s] that the fetus is a “person” within the language and meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment… If this suggestion of personhood is established, the [pro-abortion] case, of course, collapses, for the fetus’ right to life would then be guaranteed specifically by the [14th] Amendment.”
Clearly, the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision itself is stating that if legal "personhood" for the unborn is established, then the pro-abortion legal argument "collapses." With "personhood" there never would have been legalized abortion under Roe v. Wade. But, tragically, Texas did have an “exception” which undermined their entire “personhood” argument. Justice Harry Blackmun wrote: [emphasis added]
“[ Footnote 54 ] When Texas urges that a fetus is entitled to Fourteenth Amendment protection as a person, it faces a dilemma. Neither in Texas nor in any other State are all abortions prohibited. Despite broad proscription, an exception always exists… But if the fetus is a person who is not to be deprived of life without due process of law, and if the mother's condition is the sole determinant, does not the Texas exception appear to be out of line with the Amendment's command? ...”
Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973): http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=us&vol=410&invol=113
So there it is, in the text of the Roe decision itself, "exceptions" to legal "personhood" are unconstitutional. As common sense should tell us, either a human being is a "person" or they are not. Either ALL pre-birth human beings are legal "persons" at fertilization, or they are not. There can be no "exceptions" to fetal "personhood."
The Right to Life Act of SC "Personhood" Bill, H.3284, would ban all legalized child-murder-by-abortion, because the SC State Constitution, in Art. I., Sec. 3, already protects legal ‘persons’ from being deprived of life without due process of law, and the RTL Act of SC "Personhood" Bill would, inarguably, place all pre-birth human beings in the same protected status. Personhood state-level constitutional amendments are currently being pursued in Georgia, Colorado, and Montana. The understanding of "Personhood" is growing around America.
Lastly, many Americans are deeply disturbed about two seemingly unrelated issues, namely the ongoing War in Iraq, and the Invasion of our country by 12-20 million illegal aliens. Yet, in God's economy, these problems are connected to the shedding of innocent blood. The Bible makes clear that Foreign Invasion and War are two of God's "end-game" judgments on wicked nations that shed innocent blood.
Read 2 Kings 24:1-4.
In the Name of Messiah, King of all earthly kings, I call on you to pass this bill into law without further delay. If we will repent of this great national, corporate sin, and crime against humanity, then perhaps God will, by His Mercy and Grace, spare this nation from more calamity, and from His Great Wrath and Judgment.
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HISTORY OF "RIGHT TO LIFE ACT OF SOUTH CAROLINA":
The Right to Life Act of SC "Personhood" Bill was first introduced in the SC House in Feb 1998 (www.scstatehouse.net/sess112_1997-1998/bills/4558.htm), and was also first introduced in the SC Senate in Feb 1998 (www.scstatehouse.net/sess112_1997-1998/bills/1060.htm).
The first public hearing was in 2001, when it failed at the House Subcommittee level. The next hearing was in 2004, when it passed the House Subcommittee, but then failed at the full House Judiciary Committee.
In April 2005, the bill (H.3213) passed the full SC House on Second Reading ( 95Y-18N ) for the first time on April 13, 2005 ( www.scstatehouse.net/sess116_2005-2006/hj05/20050413.htm ), albeit with a fatal flaw rape exception amendment, and on Third Reading ( 91Y-10N ) on April 14, 2005 ( www.scstatehouse.net/sess116_2005-2006/hj05/20050414.htm ). Any "exceptions" to legal "personhood" fatally undermine the legal concept of "personhood" as contained in the SC Constitution, and in the US Constitution, in the 5th and 14th Amendments. The bill (H.3213/S.111) was given two hearings in a Senate Judiciary Subcommittee in May 2005 (for the first time on the SC Senate side), but no action was taken. No hearings or further action took place in the 2006 Session.
The SC House (H.3284) and SC Senate (S.313) bills were re-filed in 2007, but no hearings took place in either the SC House or SC Senate in 2007.
Go to homepage of http://www.christianlifeandliberty.net/ , click on "RTL Act of SC" page for history of bill's progress since April 2005. Also, go to: http://www.righttolifeactofsc.net/
2005/2006 Session
Go to homepage of http://www.christianlifeandliberty.net/ to hear these audio files of the testimony and discussion in committee meetings conducted in April/May 2005:
SC Senate Judiciary Subcommittee, May 18, 2005 - S.111/H.3213
Audio (36:09) - Public hearing, no debate or vote
SC Senate Judiciary Subcommittee, May 4, 2005 - S.111/H.3213
Audio (40:50) - Public hearing, no debate or vote
SC House Judiciary Committee, April 5, 2005 - H.3213
Audio (38:33) - Following debate, bill passed favorably by vote of 15 - 5 (roll call)
www.scstatehouse.net/sess116_2005-2006/bills/3213.htm
www.scstatehouse.net/sess116_2005-2006/bills/111.htm
Legal Opinion (2005) of South Carolina Attorney General on the Right to Life Act of SC
So there it is, in the text of the Roe decision itself, "exceptions" to legal "personhood" are unconstitutional. As common sense should tell us, either a human being is a "person" or they are not. Either ALL pre-birth human beings are legal "persons" at fertilization, or they are not. There can be no "exceptions" to fetal "personhood."
The Right to Life Act of SC "Personhood" Bill, H.3284, would ban all legalized child-murder-by-abortion, because the SC State Constitution, in Art. I., Sec. 3, already protects legal ‘persons’ from being deprived of life without due process of law, and the RTL Act of SC "Personhood" Bill would, inarguably, place all pre-birth human beings in the same protected status. Personhood state-level constitutional amendments are currently being pursued in Georgia, Colorado, and Montana. The understanding of "Personhood" is growing around America.
Lastly, many Americans are deeply disturbed about two seemingly unrelated issues, namely the ongoing War in Iraq, and the Invasion of our country by 12-20 million illegal aliens. Yet, in God's economy, these problems are connected to the shedding of innocent blood. The Bible makes clear that Foreign Invasion and War are two of God's "end-game" judgments on wicked nations that shed innocent blood.
Read 2 Kings 24:1-4.
In the Name of Messiah, King of all earthly kings, I call on you to pass this bill into law without further delay. If we will repent of this great national, corporate sin, and crime against humanity, then perhaps God will, by His Mercy and Grace, spare this nation from more calamity, and from His Great Wrath and Judgment.
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HISTORY OF "RIGHT TO LIFE ACT OF SOUTH CAROLINA":
The Right to Life Act of SC "Personhood" Bill was first introduced in the SC House in Feb 1998 (www.scstatehouse.net/sess112_1997-1998/bills/4558.htm), and was also first introduced in the SC Senate in Feb 1998 (www.scstatehouse.net/sess112_1997-1998/bills/1060.htm).
The first public hearing was in 2001, when it failed at the House Subcommittee level. The next hearing was in 2004, when it passed the House Subcommittee, but then failed at the full House Judiciary Committee.
In April 2005, the bill (H.3213) passed the full SC House on Second Reading ( 95Y-18N ) for the first time on April 13, 2005 ( www.scstatehouse.net/sess116_2005-2006/hj05/20050413.htm ), albeit with a fatal flaw rape exception amendment, and on Third Reading ( 91Y-10N ) on April 14, 2005 ( www.scstatehouse.net/sess116_2005-2006/hj05/20050414.htm ). Any "exceptions" to legal "personhood" fatally undermine the legal concept of "personhood" as contained in the SC Constitution, and in the US Constitution, in the 5th and 14th Amendments. The bill (H.3213/S.111) was given two hearings in a Senate Judiciary Subcommittee in May 2005 (for the first time on the SC Senate side), but no action was taken. No hearings or further action took place in the 2006 Session.
The SC House (H.3284) and SC Senate (S.313) bills were re-filed in 2007, but no hearings took place in either the SC House or SC Senate in 2007.
Go to homepage of http://www.christianlifeandliberty.net/ , click on "RTL Act of SC" page for history of bill's progress since April 2005. Also, go to: http://www.righttolifeactofsc.net/
2005/2006 Session
Go to homepage of http://www.christianlifeandliberty.net/ to hear these audio files of the testimony and discussion in committee meetings conducted in April/May 2005:
SC Senate Judiciary Subcommittee, May 18, 2005 - S.111/H.3213
Audio (36:09) - Public hearing, no debate or vote
SC Senate Judiciary Subcommittee, May 4, 2005 - S.111/H.3213
Audio (40:50) - Public hearing, no debate or vote
SC House Judiciary Committee, April 5, 2005 - H.3213
Audio (38:33) - Following debate, bill passed favorably by vote of 15 - 5 (roll call)
www.scstatehouse.net/sess116_2005-2006/bills/3213.htm
www.scstatehouse.net/sess116_2005-2006/bills/111.htm
Legal Opinion (2005) of South Carolina Attorney General on the Right to Life Act of SC
"Accordingly, it is our opinion that the Right to Life Act is constitutional."
www.christianlifeandliberty.net/Westlaw_Document_15_03_35_5392471.doc
From the very text of the Roe v. Wade decision - if "personhood" for the fetus is established (with no "exceptions") then the legal argument for abortion "collapses":
Right to Life Act of SC - news conference and "Jesus Christ is Lord of the Gates" pro-life rally - Jan. 17, 2006
www.christianlifeandliberty.net/H3213-S111-1032.doc
In the very text of the Roe v. Wade US supreme Court decision it states, “[Texas] argue[s] that the fetus is a “person” within the language and meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment… If this suggestion of personhood is established, the [pro-abortion] case, of course, collapses, for the fetus’ right to life would then be guaranteed specifically by the [14th] Amendment.” In other words, there never would have been legalized abortion under Roe v. Wade. But tragically, Texas had an “exception” which undermined their entire “personhood” argument. Justice Harry Blackmun wrote: “[ Footnote 54 ] When Texas urges that a fetus is entitled to Fourteenth Amendment protection as a person, it faces a dilemma. Neither in Texas nor in any other State are all abortions prohibited. Despite broad proscription, an exception always exists… But if the fetus is a person who is not to be deprived of life without due process of law, and if the mother's condition is the sole determinant, does not the Texas exception appear to be out of line with the Amendment's command? ...”
Roe v. Wade
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=us&vol=410&invol=113
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The Right to Life Act of SC, in statutorily vesting legal “personhood” at fertilization for ALL human beings, satisifies the Roe formula published 35 years ago. The issue of legal “Personhood” for ALL human beings, without exception, is a key to unlocking the 35 year old Roe v. Wade abortion enigma.
"Personhood Song" - Artist: Tony Funderbunk (4:06 - audio link)
"Give an unborn baby personhood..."
www.coloradorighttolife.org/files/audio/personhood.mp3
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George Mason, Virginia delegate to the Constitutional Convention, 1787:
"Every master of slaves is born a petty tyrant. They bring the judgment of heaven upon a country. As nations cannot be rewarded or punished in the next world, they must be in this. By an inevitable chain of causes and effects, Providence punishes nation sins, by national calamites."
America lost over 600,000 American lives in the War Between Americans (1861-1865) as a result of God's divine judgment on the national sin of America's institutionalized chattel slavery system
Just as God is already bringing incrementally greater divine judgment (e.g., 9-11, War in Iraq, ongoing Foreign Invasion by 12-20 Million Illegal Aliens, etc., etc., etc.) upon America for our federal, state, and local government-protected, institutionalized system of child-murder in our 750 plus abortion centers and hospitals and doctors offices today. www.lifedynamics.com/DeathCamps/DeathCamps.cfm
AMERICA - A NATION UNDER DIVINE JUDGMENT.
Psalm 33:12; Proverb 14:34; Psalm 9:17; 2 Kings 24:1-4; Jeremiah 19:3-5; Psalm 106:37-42
Foreign invasion (12-20 Million Illegal Aliens) and War (Iraq) are divine consequences upon a nation, any nation, for the shedding of innocent blood (e.g., 2 Kings 24:1-4)...
"If My people [Christians], which are called by My Name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek My Face, and turn from their wicked ways [sins of commission and omission]; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land [America, or any nation]."
2 Chronicles 7:14
FIFTH ANNUAL "REPENTANCE FOR BLOODGUILT" OUTDOOR WORSHIP SERVICE IN COLUMBIA, SC (since January 2003)
Sunday, January 21, 2007, South Steps, SC State House, Columbia, South Carolina
www.christianlifeandliberty.net/REP07-05.doc
"But judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it."
Psalm 94:15, KJB
"America repent"
"Contemporary Christian Artist: Tim Juillet"
www.myspace.com/timjuillet
(scroll down to song in player window in upper right of home page)
No King but King Jesus! (Yeshua Messiah)
Declarations and Evidences of Christian Faith in America’s Colonial Charters, State Constitutions, and other Historical Documents during over 375 Years of American History: 1606 to 1982
www.christianlifeandliberty.net/NoKingbutKingJesus.doc
"... I will build My church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it." Matt. 16:18
Yeshua Messiah
Hallelu-Yah !
Steve Lefemine, pro-life missionary
dir., Columbia Christians for Life
PO Box 50358
Columbia, SC
(803) 765-0916
http://www.christianlifeandliberty.net/
http://www.righttolifeactofsc.net/
http://www.lefemineforlife.net/
February 14, 2008
www.christianlifeandliberty.net/Westlaw_Document_15_03_35_5392471.doc
From the very text of the Roe v. Wade decision - if "personhood" for the fetus is established (with no "exceptions") then the legal argument for abortion "collapses":
Right to Life Act of SC - news conference and "Jesus Christ is Lord of the Gates" pro-life rally - Jan. 17, 2006
www.christianlifeandliberty.net/H3213-S111-1032.doc
In the very text of the Roe v. Wade US supreme Court decision it states, “[Texas] argue[s] that the fetus is a “person” within the language and meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment… If this suggestion of personhood is established, the [pro-abortion] case, of course, collapses, for the fetus’ right to life would then be guaranteed specifically by the [14th] Amendment.” In other words, there never would have been legalized abortion under Roe v. Wade. But tragically, Texas had an “exception” which undermined their entire “personhood” argument. Justice Harry Blackmun wrote: “[ Footnote 54 ] When Texas urges that a fetus is entitled to Fourteenth Amendment protection as a person, it faces a dilemma. Neither in Texas nor in any other State are all abortions prohibited. Despite broad proscription, an exception always exists… But if the fetus is a person who is not to be deprived of life without due process of law, and if the mother's condition is the sole determinant, does not the Texas exception appear to be out of line with the Amendment's command? ...”
Roe v. Wade
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=us&vol=410&invol=113
_________________________________________________
The Right to Life Act of SC, in statutorily vesting legal “personhood” at fertilization for ALL human beings, satisifies the Roe formula published 35 years ago. The issue of legal “Personhood” for ALL human beings, without exception, is a key to unlocking the 35 year old Roe v. Wade abortion enigma.
"Personhood Song" - Artist: Tony Funderbunk (4:06 - audio link)
"Give an unborn baby personhood..."
www.coloradorighttolife.org/files/audio/personhood.mp3
_________________________________________________
_________________________________________________
George Mason, Virginia delegate to the Constitutional Convention, 1787:
"Every master of slaves is born a petty tyrant. They bring the judgment of heaven upon a country. As nations cannot be rewarded or punished in the next world, they must be in this. By an inevitable chain of causes and effects, Providence punishes nation sins, by national calamites."
America lost over 600,000 American lives in the War Between Americans (1861-1865) as a result of God's divine judgment on the national sin of America's institutionalized chattel slavery system
Just as God is already bringing incrementally greater divine judgment (e.g., 9-11, War in Iraq, ongoing Foreign Invasion by 12-20 Million Illegal Aliens, etc., etc., etc.) upon America for our federal, state, and local government-protected, institutionalized system of child-murder in our 750 plus abortion centers and hospitals and doctors offices today. www.lifedynamics.com/DeathCamps/DeathCamps.cfm
AMERICA - A NATION UNDER DIVINE JUDGMENT.
Psalm 33:12; Proverb 14:34; Psalm 9:17; 2 Kings 24:1-4; Jeremiah 19:3-5; Psalm 106:37-42
Foreign invasion (12-20 Million Illegal Aliens) and War (Iraq) are divine consequences upon a nation, any nation, for the shedding of innocent blood (e.g., 2 Kings 24:1-4)...
"If My people [Christians], which are called by My Name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek My Face, and turn from their wicked ways [sins of commission and omission]; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land [America, or any nation]."
2 Chronicles 7:14
FIFTH ANNUAL "REPENTANCE FOR BLOODGUILT" OUTDOOR WORSHIP SERVICE IN COLUMBIA, SC (since January 2003)
Sunday, January 21, 2007, South Steps, SC State House, Columbia, South Carolina
www.christianlifeandliberty.net/REP07-05.doc
"But judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it."
Psalm 94:15, KJB
"America repent"
"Contemporary Christian Artist: Tim Juillet"
www.myspace.com/timjuillet
(scroll down to song in player window in upper right of home page)
No King but King Jesus! (Yeshua Messiah)
Declarations and Evidences of Christian Faith in America’s Colonial Charters, State Constitutions, and other Historical Documents during over 375 Years of American History: 1606 to 1982
www.christianlifeandliberty.net/NoKingbutKingJesus.doc
"... I will build My church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it." Matt. 16:18
Yeshua Messiah
Hallelu-Yah !
Steve Lefemine, pro-life missionary
dir., Columbia Christians for Life
PO Box 50358
Columbia, SC
(803) 765-0916
http://www.christianlifeandliberty.net/
http://www.righttolifeactofsc.net/
http://www.lefemineforlife.net/
February 14, 2008
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