- Including State-Level Personhood Bills and Constitutional Amendments
- ALA, GA, MD, MISS, MONT, ND, 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 legal "Personhood" at fertilization ( any "exceptions"
fatally undermine the legal concept of legal personhood, as expressed in the very text of the
1973 Roe v. Wade decision - http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=us&vol=410&invol=113 )
("abortion-ban" bills that do not mention persons, personhood are not included)
Six states are known to have Personhood legislation filed in the State Legislatures for 2009:
- Alabama, Georgia, Maryland, Montana, North Dakota, South Carolina (see bills further below)
- Georgia's, Maryland's, and Montana's filings are each for a Personhood Amendment to their State Constitutions; the other three states (ALA, ND, SC) have Personhood Bills for statutory changes to the State's Code of Laws
- Virginia's bill does not assert legal personhood, but does assert the Virginia Constitutional right to enjoyment of life to be vested at fertilization for each "human being"
- Mississippi is in the midst of an active citizen petition drive to place a Mississippi Personhood Constitutional Amendment on the ballot in 2010
Read and download the entire report here.
May 24, 2009
Roman Catholic Bishops in North Dakota opposed state personhood bill which passed North Dakota House;
opposition of Roman Catholic leaders helped defeat historic personhood bill in North Dakota Senate by 29-16 vote
The Vatican / Roman Catholic hierarchy is NOT Pro-Life !!! (Including the Bishops, Cardinals, Pope, Vatican, Jesuit General). Does any thinking American really believe that the opposition and obstruction of these Bishops in North Dakota (like the opposition of the Bishops in Michigan (2006), Georgia (2008), Montana (2008), and Colorado (2008) to state-level personhood legislation) would be sustained without the support and endorsement of the Vatican / Pope ??? Roman Catholic principled pro-lifers like Judie Brown have been betrayed by the false religionists of Rome, including the Bishops, Cardinals, Pope, and Jesuit General.
Steve Lefemine
CCL
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NORTH DAKOTA BISHOPS NULLIFY PERSONHOOD!
Posted: Friday April 3, 2009 at 8:38 am EST by Judie Brown
www.all.org/newsroom_judieblog.php?id=2551
[emphasis added by CCL]
CCL Note: Mrs. Judie Brown is the American Life League President, which she co-founded in 1979. The ALL organization's website (http://www.all.org/) asserts: "It is the largest grassroots Catholic pro-life organization in the United States..."
EXCERPTS below from Judie Brown's article "NORTH DAKOTA BISHOPS NULLIFY PERSONHOOD!":
1) Professor Dianne Irving: "In these times of "accountability", isn't it time that the American [Catholic] bishops be held accountable for the scandalous anti-life policies that too many of them have been forming and advancing for the last 40 years?"
2) Judie Brown: "As you will learn from Mr. Hale, the Bishops in North Dakota did not provide solid arguments for opposing personhood; their position was strictly political."
3) Robert L. Hale: "Four days before the Senate hearing on the bill, North Dakota's two Catholic bishops, Paul Zipfel of Bismarck and Samuel Aquila of Fargo, called a news conference to announce they could not support the bill as written. They offered amendments that gutted the bill in its entirety -- striking every word of the original bill, including the operative word "person." "
4) Robert L. Hale: "The intent of Rep. Ruby's bill was to respond to Justice Blackmun's acknowledgment in Roe v. Wade that the U.S. constitution did not define "person." ... The Justice noted, ... , that if "personhood is established, the appellant's case, of course, collapses, for the fetus's right to life would then be guaranteed specifically by the Amendment (14th)." "
[ CCL Note: The 5th Amendment is a better Constitutional reference than the 14 th. ]
5) Robert L. Hale: "Bishop Zipfel has used his office and the North Dakota Catholic Conference to gut HB 1572." "The bishops totally eliminated every word of the bill, including the critical word "person,"..." "... Bishop Zipfel and the North Dakota Catholic Conference..., their actions speak louder than their words. They propose to gut a bill that poses one simple question to the Supreme Court: In the absence of a U.S. Constitutional definition of "person," can a state define "person"? "
6) Robert L. Hale: "For those who wonder why abortion, after 36 years, is still taking almost 1.5 million lives each year in the U.S., the bishops' actions in North Dakota help to answer that question."
7) Judie Brown: "As we ponder the situation that has arisen not only in North Dakota, but also in states like Colorado, Georgia and Montana, where Catholic bishops have undermined personhood efforts, we really need to inquire of them regarding the substantive reasons why they are literally taking indefensible positions. As Mr. Hale points out, it has been 36 years and to this very day not one United States Catholic bishop has ever publicly advocated for personhood. What could the reason for this silence possibly be?"
___________________________________________________
Steve Lefemine, CCL: "Dear Mrs. Brown - Please believe your own eyes and ears and good sense ! It was the National Conference of Catholic Bishops which originally established National Right to Life [sic] in 1968. We know that the incrementalist, personhood-bill-obstructionists at National Right to Life [sic] are a major obstacle to ENDING and not just perpetually, perennially, “regulating” child-murder-by-abortion. Even though NRL is officially now an “autonomous” organization, the evidence indicates it is still a "pro-life" [sic] front organization for the Vatican. The Vatican / Roman Catholic hierarchy is NOT Pro-Life !!! (Including the Bishops, Cardinals, Pope, Vatican, Jesuit General). THAT is the obvious reason."
The full article "NORTH DAKOTA BISHOPS NULLIFY PERSONHOOD!" by Judie Brown can be seen at: www.all.org/newsroom_judieblog.php?id=2551
The full article "NORTH DAKOTA BISHOPS NULLIFY PERSONHOOD!" by Judie Brown, with commentary by Steve Lefemine, can be seen at:
Catholic Bishops in North Dakota opposed state personhood bill which passed North Dakota House;
opposition of Roman Catholic leaders helped defeat historic personhood bill in North Dakota Senate by 29-16 vote
- Judie Brown (ALL) article, April 3, 2009 - "NORTH DAKOTA BISHOPS NULLIFY PERSONHOOD!"
- Steve Lefemine (CCL) commentary, May 21, 2009 - The Vatican / Roman Catholic hierarchy is NOT pro-life !!!
(Including the Bishops, Cardinals, Pope, Vatican, Jesuit General)
www.christianlifeandliberty.net/2009-05-21-Judie-Brown-April-3-2009-ND-Bishops-nullify-personhood.doc
The evidence is there for all with "eyes to see" - the Roman Catholic hierarchy (Bishops and above) and National Right to Life [ originally formed by the National Conference of Catholic Bishops in 1968 ], are opposed to the numerous past and ongoing efforts to establish personhood for the unborn, and thereby END, not just regulate abortion. For Rome, the primary goal is ecumenism, not protecting the unborn, and the "pro-life movement" in America has been a fruitful opportunity for Rome's centuries-old agenda (since the 1500's) to counter the effects of the Reformation, and to undermine the Bible-believing, evangelical churches and Christians with the heresies of Romanism.
Rome is “using” the “pro-life movement” in part to further its ecumenical goal of religious hegemony, while sacrificing the lives of pre-birth human beings to do so.
The Vatican / Roman Catholic hierarchy is NOT pro-life !
Read and download the entire report here.
The Vatican / Roman Catholic hierarchy is NOT Pro-Life !!! (Including the Bishops, Cardinals, Pope, Vatican, Jesuit General). Does any thinking American really believe that the opposition and obstruction of these Bishops in North Dakota (like the opposition of the Bishops in Michigan (2006), Georgia (2008), Montana (2008), and Colorado (2008) to state-level personhood legislation) would be sustained without the support and endorsement of the Vatican / Pope ??? Roman Catholic principled pro-lifers like Judie Brown have been betrayed by the false religionists of Rome, including the Bishops, Cardinals, Pope, and Jesuit General.
Steve Lefemine
CCL
___________________________________________________
NORTH DAKOTA BISHOPS NULLIFY PERSONHOOD!
Posted: Friday April 3, 2009 at 8:38 am EST by Judie Brown
www.all.org/newsroom_judieblog.php?id=2551
[emphasis added by CCL]
CCL Note: Mrs. Judie Brown is the American Life League President, which she co-founded in 1979. The ALL organization's website (http://www.all.org/) asserts: "It is the largest grassroots Catholic pro-life organization in the United States..."
EXCERPTS below from Judie Brown's article "NORTH DAKOTA BISHOPS NULLIFY PERSONHOOD!":
1) Professor Dianne Irving: "In these times of "accountability", isn't it time that the American [Catholic] bishops be held accountable for the scandalous anti-life policies that too many of them have been forming and advancing for the last 40 years?"
2) Judie Brown: "As you will learn from Mr. Hale, the Bishops in North Dakota did not provide solid arguments for opposing personhood; their position was strictly political."
3) Robert L. Hale: "Four days before the Senate hearing on the bill, North Dakota's two Catholic bishops, Paul Zipfel of Bismarck and Samuel Aquila of Fargo, called a news conference to announce they could not support the bill as written. They offered amendments that gutted the bill in its entirety -- striking every word of the original bill, including the operative word "person." "
4) Robert L. Hale: "The intent of Rep. Ruby's bill was to respond to Justice Blackmun's acknowledgment in Roe v. Wade that the U.S. constitution did not define "person." ... The Justice noted, ... , that if "personhood is established, the appellant's case, of course, collapses, for the fetus's right to life would then be guaranteed specifically by the Amendment (14th)." "
[ CCL Note: The 5th Amendment is a better Constitutional reference than the 14 th. ]
5) Robert L. Hale: "Bishop Zipfel has used his office and the North Dakota Catholic Conference to gut HB 1572." "The bishops totally eliminated every word of the bill, including the critical word "person,"..." "... Bishop Zipfel and the North Dakota Catholic Conference..., their actions speak louder than their words. They propose to gut a bill that poses one simple question to the Supreme Court: In the absence of a U.S. Constitutional definition of "person," can a state define "person"? "
6) Robert L. Hale: "For those who wonder why abortion, after 36 years, is still taking almost 1.5 million lives each year in the U.S., the bishops' actions in North Dakota help to answer that question."
7) Judie Brown: "As we ponder the situation that has arisen not only in North Dakota, but also in states like Colorado, Georgia and Montana, where Catholic bishops have undermined personhood efforts, we really need to inquire of them regarding the substantive reasons why they are literally taking indefensible positions. As Mr. Hale points out, it has been 36 years and to this very day not one United States Catholic bishop has ever publicly advocated for personhood. What could the reason for this silence possibly be?"
___________________________________________________
Steve Lefemine, CCL: "Dear Mrs. Brown - Please believe your own eyes and ears and good sense ! It was the National Conference of Catholic Bishops which originally established National Right to Life [sic] in 1968. We know that the incrementalist, personhood-bill-obstructionists at National Right to Life [sic] are a major obstacle to ENDING and not just perpetually, perennially, “regulating” child-murder-by-abortion. Even though NRL is officially now an “autonomous” organization, the evidence indicates it is still a "pro-life" [sic] front organization for the Vatican. The Vatican / Roman Catholic hierarchy is NOT Pro-Life !!! (Including the Bishops, Cardinals, Pope, Vatican, Jesuit General). THAT is the obvious reason."
The full article "NORTH DAKOTA BISHOPS NULLIFY PERSONHOOD!" by Judie Brown can be seen at: www.all.org/newsroom_judieblog.php?id=2551
The full article "NORTH DAKOTA BISHOPS NULLIFY PERSONHOOD!" by Judie Brown, with commentary by Steve Lefemine, can be seen at:
Catholic Bishops in North Dakota opposed state personhood bill which passed North Dakota House;
opposition of Roman Catholic leaders helped defeat historic personhood bill in North Dakota Senate by 29-16 vote
- Judie Brown (ALL) article, April 3, 2009 - "NORTH DAKOTA BISHOPS NULLIFY PERSONHOOD!"
- Steve Lefemine (CCL) commentary, May 21, 2009 - The Vatican / Roman Catholic hierarchy is NOT pro-life !!!
(Including the Bishops, Cardinals, Pope, Vatican, Jesuit General)
www.christianlifeandliberty.net/2009-05-21-Judie-Brown-April-3-2009-ND-Bishops-nullify-personhood.doc
The evidence is there for all with "eyes to see" - the Roman Catholic hierarchy (Bishops and above) and National Right to Life [ originally formed by the National Conference of Catholic Bishops in 1968 ], are opposed to the numerous past and ongoing efforts to establish personhood for the unborn, and thereby END, not just regulate abortion. For Rome, the primary goal is ecumenism, not protecting the unborn, and the "pro-life movement" in America has been a fruitful opportunity for Rome's centuries-old agenda (since the 1500's) to counter the effects of the Reformation, and to undermine the Bible-believing, evangelical churches and Christians with the heresies of Romanism.
Rome is “using” the “pro-life movement” in part to further its ecumenical goal of religious hegemony, while sacrificing the lives of pre-birth human beings to do so.
The Vatican / Roman Catholic hierarchy is NOT pro-life !
Read and download the entire report here.
May 21, 2009
Catholic Bishops in North Dakota opposed state personhood bill which passed North Dakota House;
opposition of Roman Catholic leaders helped defeat historic personhood bill in North Dakota Senate by 29-16 vote
NORTH DAKOTA BISHOPS NULLIFY PERSONHOOD!
Posted: Friday April 3, 2009 at 8:38 am EST by Judie Brown
www.all.org/newsroom_judieblog.php?id=2551
[emphasis added by CCL]
Every once in a while I find an article that is so superb it needs to be seen by as many people as possible. The following is one such offering by Robert L. Hale, an expert on the law and personhood. As Professor Dianne Irving wrote to us at American Life League when she first read the article:
Please read the entire report here.
NORTH DAKOTA BISHOPS NULLIFY PERSONHOOD!
Posted: Friday April 3, 2009 at 8:38 am EST by Judie Brown
www.all.org/newsroom_judieblog.php?id=2551
[emphasis added by CCL]
Every once in a while I find an article that is so superb it needs to be seen by as many people as possible. The following is one such offering by Robert L. Hale, an expert on the law and personhood. As Professor Dianne Irving wrote to us at American Life League when she first read the article:
In these times of "accountability", isn't it time that the American bishops be held accountable for the scandalous anti-life policies that too many of them have been forming and advancing for the last 40 years? No one can get straight answers from them. They should be required to give complete explicit rational reasons for their positions and policies and be ready to fully defend them -- like the rest of us are.
[ CCL Note: The painful answer which this inquiring woman Dianne Irving and principled, pro-personhood pro-lifer Judie Brown have not yet been willing to face publicly is this: The Vatican / Roman Catholic hierarchy is NOT Pro-Life !!! (Including the Bishops, Cardinals, Pope, Vatican, Jesuit General). Does any thinking American really believe that the opposition and obstruction of these Bishops in North Dakota (like the opposition of the Bishops in Michigan (2006), Georgia (2008), Montana (2008), and Colorado (2008) to state-level personhood legislation) would be sustained without the support and endorsement of the Vatican / Pope ??? Roman Catholic principled pro-lifers like Judie Brown have been betrayed by the false religionists of Rome, including the Bishops, Cardinals, Pope, and Jesuit General. ]
It should also be noted that such "silence" is usually a characteristic of those who very early on adopted the fake scientific term "pre-embryo" in order to "justify" their reticence in reversing Roe. Indeed, the Roe decision was essentially based on briefings from those who were "pre-embryo" advocates. Instead, there has been a constant stream of "pre-embryo substitutes" (use
different terms but have the same agenda and goals) spawned not only by the secular society, but also from many in "pro-life" and from many in the bishops' own camps. Could this help explain the failed "incrementalism" policies such "pre-embryos" have advocated for so long – under the guise of being "pastoral"? I have noted before that there was nothing "incremental" whatsoever about the Roe decision. It was simply dumped on the American public almost overnight. Perhaps such "pro-life" incrementalists oppose solid and scientifically accurate "human personhood" bills like the one in North Dakota because they would all be out of a job, or funding, if these bills succeeded.
Please read the entire report here.
May 05, 2009
BANNED FROM SC STATE HOUSE:
“Jesus” “Ten Commandments” “Pre-Born”
and other signs – no longer “the people’s house”
CHILLING OF FREE SPEECH ENFORCED APRIL 29
PRESS RELEASE
FOR RELEASE: Tuesday, May 5, 2009
FOR FURTHER INFO: Contact, Steve Lefemine, dir., Columbia Christians for Life,
CCL@ChristianLifeandLiberty.net ,
www.ChristianLifeandLiberty.net , www.RighttoLifeActofSC.net
(803) 794-6273; PO Box 50358, Columbia, SC 29250
[COLUMBIA] – On Wednesday, April 29, officers with the SC Bureau of Protective Services (State Capitol police) stopped two Christian pro-life ministry leaders, who for years have been lobbying the Republican-majority SC Legislature to pass SC Personhood bills to END abortion in South Carolina, from entering the SC State House with Biblical and Pro-Life signs, as had been allowed for multiple years (digital date-stamped photos going back to 2005 are available).
Johnny Gardner, dir., Voice of the Unborn was even prevented from taking a small baby stroller with two baby dolls, into the Capitol. Steve Lefemine, dir., Columbia Christians for Life was stopped from using two signs in the Capitol, one sign saying, “JESUS Saves, Forgives & Heals” and then the “Ten Commandments” with all 10 listed; and a second sign, with a photo of an 8 Week Pre-Born Baby and then “ABORTION KILLS CHILDREN” on one side, and on the other side, an enlarged House Roll Call budget vote in 2002 that funded abortion, birth control, and sterilization (as the SC House and Senate continue to do each year to this day). Gardner and Lefemine were shown copies of SC Code Sec. 10-11-330 which prohibits disorderly conduct, and also prohibits anyone “to parade, demonstrate or picket within the capitol building.” Notwithstanding this statute, free speech expression in the form of signs has been allowed inside the State House in both the First Floor and Second Floor lobbying areas that are open to the public, for a number of years.
The ban applies to all signs except those displayed at news conferences held in the Capitol.
Gardner and Lefemine have worked in the State House for years attempting to influence the Republican-majority SC Legislature to do their God-given duty and protect pre-birth humans from being murdered in the wombs of their mothers. Despite more than 50 bill co-sponsors in the SC House, and more than a dozen in the SC Senate, the Republican leadership in the SC House and SC Senate is not supporting the legislation. Neither is Republican Governor Mark Sanford. The 11-year-old personhood legislation to END abortion in SC was first introduced in the SC House and SC Senate in 1998 [see www.ChristianLifeandLiberty.net , “RTL Act of SC” page].
Gardner and Lefemine were able to enter the Capitol Building on April 29 after leaving their items behind. Upon investigation, Lefemine learned that a number of parties had agreed to begin enforcement of the sign ban, including the Sergeant at Arms for the Senate, and the Sergeant at Arms for the House, the Field Commander for the Bureau of Protective Services, and others. Noticeably absent from the list of those involved in this decision to chill free speech in what has previously been known as “the people’s house” was the State House Committee chairman, who has scheduled a Tuesday, May 12 meeting in the Blatt Building, Room 318, to address the matter. (Time TBD – est. approx. 2 PM) Comment by the public is planned.
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Please click here for a printable version of this press release.
and other signs – no longer “the people’s house”
CHILLING OF FREE SPEECH ENFORCED APRIL 29
PRESS RELEASE
FOR RELEASE: Tuesday, May 5, 2009
FOR FURTHER INFO: Contact, Steve Lefemine, dir., Columbia Christians for Life,
CCL@ChristianLifeandLiberty.net ,
www.ChristianLifeandLiberty.net , www.RighttoLifeActofSC.net
(803) 794-6273; PO Box 50358, Columbia, SC 29250
[COLUMBIA] – On Wednesday, April 29, officers with the SC Bureau of Protective Services (State Capitol police) stopped two Christian pro-life ministry leaders, who for years have been lobbying the Republican-majority SC Legislature to pass SC Personhood bills to END abortion in South Carolina, from entering the SC State House with Biblical and Pro-Life signs, as had been allowed for multiple years (digital date-stamped photos going back to 2005 are available).
Johnny Gardner, dir., Voice of the Unborn was even prevented from taking a small baby stroller with two baby dolls, into the Capitol. Steve Lefemine, dir., Columbia Christians for Life was stopped from using two signs in the Capitol, one sign saying, “JESUS Saves, Forgives & Heals” and then the “Ten Commandments” with all 10 listed; and a second sign, with a photo of an 8 Week Pre-Born Baby and then “ABORTION KILLS CHILDREN” on one side, and on the other side, an enlarged House Roll Call budget vote in 2002 that funded abortion, birth control, and sterilization (as the SC House and Senate continue to do each year to this day). Gardner and Lefemine were shown copies of SC Code Sec. 10-11-330 which prohibits disorderly conduct, and also prohibits anyone “to parade, demonstrate or picket within the capitol building.” Notwithstanding this statute, free speech expression in the form of signs has been allowed inside the State House in both the First Floor and Second Floor lobbying areas that are open to the public, for a number of years.
The ban applies to all signs except those displayed at news conferences held in the Capitol.
Gardner and Lefemine have worked in the State House for years attempting to influence the Republican-majority SC Legislature to do their God-given duty and protect pre-birth humans from being murdered in the wombs of their mothers. Despite more than 50 bill co-sponsors in the SC House, and more than a dozen in the SC Senate, the Republican leadership in the SC House and SC Senate is not supporting the legislation. Neither is Republican Governor Mark Sanford. The 11-year-old personhood legislation to END abortion in SC was first introduced in the SC House and SC Senate in 1998 [see www.ChristianLifeandLiberty.net , “RTL Act of SC” page].
Gardner and Lefemine were able to enter the Capitol Building on April 29 after leaving their items behind. Upon investigation, Lefemine learned that a number of parties had agreed to begin enforcement of the sign ban, including the Sergeant at Arms for the Senate, and the Sergeant at Arms for the House, the Field Commander for the Bureau of Protective Services, and others. Noticeably absent from the list of those involved in this decision to chill free speech in what has previously been known as “the people’s house” was the State House Committee chairman, who has scheduled a Tuesday, May 12 meeting in the Blatt Building, Room 318, to address the matter. (Time TBD – est. approx. 2 PM) Comment by the public is planned.
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Please click here for a printable version of this press release.
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