Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2005 17:28:38 -0500
From: Columbia Christians for Life
CCFL@sc-online.netSubject: UPDATE ON "RIGHT TO LIFE ACT OF SOUTH CAROLINA" (H.3213/S.111)
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UPDATE on "Right to Life Act of South Carolina" (H.3213/S.111) - February 4
South Carolina's pro-life bill to
end "legalized" abortion.
Note: Columbia Christians for Life and Voice of the Unborn are the only Christian pro-life organizations in the state of South Carolina lobbying for passage of the Right to Life Act of SC to
end "legalized" abortion in South Carolina. The help of principled Christian pro-lifers is needed to support this effort, as most of the "pro-life" and Republican "Establishment", incredibly, is not behind this effort to bring a halt to government-protected child-murder. As has been said, the proper response to murder is
justice, not "regulation". Please help us
establish justice for all human beings, including unborn children !
Listen to 15-minute interview by Mr. Ralph Ovadal, pastor of Pilgrims Covenant Church, Monroe, Wisconsin of Steve Lefemine, director, Columbia Christians for Life, on theRight to Life Act of South Carolina on
http://www.theheartofthematteronline.com/ (until 2/8 or so):
1/19/2005Dennis Green - Witness at Homosexual Lobby Day at Virginia's Capitol, Spreading the Truth Door-to-Door and to High School Kids;
Steve Lefemine - Right to Life Act of South Carolina
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The South Carolina Legislature returned on Tuesday, January 11 to begin a new legislative session. The "
Right to Life Act of South Carolina", if passed by the Republican-majority SC General Assembly, and signed by Republican SC Governor Mark Sanford,
would recognize the God-given, legal "personhood" of unborn human beings from the moment of fertilization under Article I., Section 3. of the South Carolina State Constitution, thereby ending so-called "legalized" abortion (child-murder) in South Carolina.-----------------------------------SC HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES:Rep. Ralph Davenport (R-Spartanburg) and Rep. Lewis Vaughn (R-Greenville) are the primary co-sponsors of this bill.
As of 2/3/05, there was a total of 27 co-sponsors (last year there were 34 co-sponors). See link to the text of bill H.3213 at www.christianlifeandliberty.net (S.111 is identical bill filed in Senate)These are the names of the 27 SC House members who are co-sponsors of H.3213:Sponsors: Reps. Davenport, Vaughn, Toole, Tripp, Vick, Simrill, Bingham, J.R. Smith, Rice, Talley, G. Brown, Barfield, Owens, M.A. Pitts, G.R. Smith, Hamilton, White, Clark, Walker, Pinson, Loftis, Leach, McGee, W.D. Smith, Viers, Cato and Perry
[27 total: 25 R, 2 D][Note: Neither the Republican House Speaker (David Wilkins-Greenville), nor the Republican Judiciary Committee Chairman (Jim Harrison- Columbia), nor the Republican Constitutional Laws Subcommittee Chairman (Greg Delleney-Chester) are presently co-sponsors of the Right to Life Act of SC - this serves as a classic case-study illustration of WHY so-called "legalized" abortion has not already ended in South Carolina - it is the Republican leadership that is preventing it, even though there are numerous rank-and-file Republicans, and some Democrats, who support the bill's passage ! In the 124-member SC House, there are presently 74 Republicans and 50 Democrats, so the allegedly "Pro-life"
Republcans have a 24-vote advantage over the Democrats ! So why can't a pro-life bill get through the SC House if the Republicans control the majorties on the committees, the chairmanshipsof the committees, and the Speaker of the House position ????????????]
The goal this year is to seek 50 co-sponsors for the bill; we are at present 23 short of thattarget. If your SC House member is not listed among the 27 who have already signed onas co-sponsors, but is instead one of the other 97 SC House members whose names are not listed, your help is needed, especially if your SC House member is one of thesekey legislators for this bill:
Representative (Speaker of the House)
David Wilkins (R-Greenville)
Representative (Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee)
Jim Harrison (R-Columbia)
Repres. (Chrmn of the Constitutional Laws Subcomm.)
Greg Delleney (R-Chester/York)
Repres. (V. Chrmn of the Constitutional Laws Subcomm.)
Ben Hagood (R-Charleston)
Repres. (member of the Constitutional Laws Subcomm.)
Fletcher Smith (D-Greenville)*
* Note: Rep. Fletcher Smith
(D) was the only ConLaws Subcomm. member to vote
for theRight to Life Act in the April
2001 ConLaws Subcomm. hearing, when it was defeated by a vote of 4 to 1, when three Republicans voted
against the bill (including Representative Jim Harrison). [The bill passed 2 - 0 in the April
2004 ConLaws Subcomm. hearing.]
If you would like to help lobby your SC House of Representatives member to co-sponsor and vote for this bill, contact your SC House member by phone, fax, e-mail, postal mail, or personal visit, and ask him to sign on as a co-sponsor (there are 74 Republicans and 50 Democrats in the 124-member SC House).If you need the name, addresses, e-mail, or telephone number of your SC State House member, go to:
www.scstatehouse.net/html-pages/house2.htmlwww.scstatehouse.net/members/bios/0020454543.htmlHOUSE MEMBER MAILING ADDRESS:You may also write any Member of the House at:
Post Office Box 11867, Columbia, S.C. 29211-1867Please at least write the four members of the Constitutional Laws Subcommitteeof Jim Harrison's House Judiciary Committee above (i.e., Jim Harrison, who isalso a member of the Con Laws Subcomm.; Greg Delleney, Ben Hagood, andFletcher Smith). There are only five (5) members of the Con Laws Subcomm. If all five vote, three would be needed to pass the Right to Life Act of SC (H.3213) out of Subcommittee. Please write/contact/phone/fax/e-mail Harrison, Delleney,Hagood, and Fletcher Smith by February 15th to urge them to co-sponsor the Right to Life Act of SC (H.3213), and to at least vote for the bill.We are presently requesting the mid-March timeframe for a public hearing for theRight to Life Act of SC in the Constitutional Laws Subcommittee of the House JudiciaryCommittee. [The bill failed by a vote of 4 to 1 in April 2001; the bill passed by a vote of 2-0 in April 2004; and then failed the next week in the full Judiciary Committee in April 2004]
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SC SENATE: There is also an identical Senate "companion" bill (S.111) sponsored by Senator Mike Fair (R-Greenville). As of 2/3/05, there was a total of five co-sponsors. See link to text of S 111 at www.christianlifeandliberty.netThese are the names of the 3 SC Senate members who are co-sponsors of S.111:Sponsors: Senators Fair, Bryant, Grooms, Thomas and Verdin
[5 total]If you would like to help lobby your SC Senate member to co-sponsor and vote for this bill, contact your SC Senator by phone, fax, e-mail, postal mail, or personal visit, and ask him to sign on as a co-sponsor (there are 26 Republicans and 20 Democrats in the 46-member SC Senate).If you need the name, address, e-mail, or telephone number of your SC State Senator, go to:www.scstatehouse.net/html-pages/senatebios.htmlwww.scstatehouse.net/html-pages/senate2.htmlSENATE MAILING ADDRESS: You may also write any Member of the Senate at:
Post Office Box 142, Columbia, S.C. 29202-0142--------------------------------------------------------------
Below are key excerpts rom the text of the "Right to Life Act of South Carolina":www.scstatehouse.net/sess116_2005-2006/bills/3213.htmwww.scstatehouse.net/sess116_2005-2006/bills/111.htmWhereas, Article I, Section 3 of the
Constitution of the State of
South Carolina, 1895,
guarantees that
no person may be deprived of
life, liberty, or property without
due process of law or denied the
equal protection of the laws; and
Section 1-1-320. The right to due process, whereby no person may be deprived of life, liberty, or property without
due process of law, and the right to
equal protection of the laws, both of which
rights are
guaranteed by Article I, Section 3 of the
Constitution of this State, vest at fertilization.______________________________________
For further information, contact Steve Lefemine, dir., Columbia Christians for Life at the CCL ministry office:
CCFL@sc-online.net(803) 765-0916
P.O. Box 50358, Columbia, SC 29250
www.christianlifeandliberty.netTo determine who your SC House and SC Senate members are, look for the SC Housedistrict and the SC Senate district numbers on your SC Voters Registration Card, or callyour County Election Commission / Voter Registration Office to get those two numbersfor your home's street address. Then you can locate your SC House member andSC Senate member on-line at
www.scstatehouse.net.
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end (not just "regulate") so called "legalized" abortion (government-protected-child-murder) in South Carolina financially, contributions are needed, welcome, and can be made as follows:
Columbia Christians for LifePlease make checks for missionary support to:
"Steve Lefemine"Please make checks for ministry support to:
"Columbia Christians for Life"Mail all contributions (not tax-deductible) to:
Steve Lefemine, or, Columbia Christians for Life,
P.O. Box 50358, Columbia, SC 29250
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Johnny Gardner" or
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Johnny Gardner, or, Voice of the Unborn
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Columbia, SC 29210
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