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History of Personhood Legislation in South Carolina (1998-2018)

Published by:

Christians for Personhood ( CP )
Columbia, South Carolina
November 29, 2018/ Edited November 30,2018

History of Personhood Legislation in South Carolina (1998 – 2018)
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History of Personhood Legislation in South Carolina ( 1998 – 2018 )

Principled SC personhood legislation has been introduced in the SC House continuously since February 1998.

Principled SC personhood legislation has been introduced in the SC Senate continuously since 2005, plus the first time in February 1998.

1997-1998 Session:
House H.4558 introduced Feb 1998 – www.scstatehouse.gov/sess112_1997-1998/bills/4558.htm
22 co-sponsors
Senate S.1060 introduced Feb 1998 – www.scstatehouse.gov/sess112_1997-1998/bills/1060.htm
9 co-sponsors

1999-2000 Session:
House H.3135 – www.scstatehouse.gov/sess113_1999-2000/bills/3135.htm
20 co-sponsors
No Senate personhood bill

2001-2002 Session
House H.3252 – www.scstatehouse.gov/sess114_2001-2002/bills/3252.htm
27 co-sponsors
No Senate personhood bill

2003-2004 Session
House H.3190 – www.scstatehouse.gov/sess115_2003-2004/bills/3190.htm
34 co-sponsors
No Senate personhood bill

2005-2006 Session
House – H.3213 – www.scstatehouse.gov/sess116_2005-2006/bills/3213.htm
52 co-sponsors
Senate S.111 – www.scstatehouse.gov/sess116_2005-2006/bills/111.htm
7 co-sponsors

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SOUTH CAROLINA (2005) – First (only) time Personhood legislation passes SC House of Representatives, albeit with fatal flaw rape “exception” amendment allowing abortifacient drug use

Personhood legislation (Bill – H.3213) passed in the South Carolina House on Second Reading, April 13, 2005 by a vote of 95 – 18, albeit with a fatal flaw rape EXCEPTION amendment for a so-called “morning-after-pill” (an abortifacient causing chemical abortions)  that was added to the bill on the SC House floor prior to passage which allowed for this abortifacient drug to be given to a woman in the case of rape.  The bill then passed as amended on Third Reading, April 14, 2005 by a vote of 91 – 10, and was sent to the SC Senate, where it was later assigned to the Judiciary Committee.  Two Senate Judiciary Subcommittee Hearings were held, however no Subcommittee debate was conducted, and no vote was taken on the bill, effectively killing H.3213 for the 2005-2006 Session.

SC House Judiciary Committee, April 5, 2005 – H.3213
Audio (38:33) – Following debate, bill passed favorably by vote of 15 – 5 (roll call)

SC Senate Judiciary Subcommittee, May 4, 2005 – S.111 / H.3213
Audio (40:50) – Public hearing, no debate or vote

SC Senate Judiciary Subcommittee, May 18, 2005 – S.111 / H.3213
Audio (36:09) – Public hearing, no debate or vote

Personhood Bill Passes in South Carolina House
www.covenantnews.com/newswire/archives/011416.html
April 14, 2005  [ URL link no longer functions ]

‘South Carolina House Passes Personhood Bill’ (with fatal flaw) – April 14, 2005
www.christianlifeandliberty.net/H3213-311.doc

TAKE ACTION TO PASS the “Right to Life Act of South Carolina”
http://righttolifeactofsc.net/?m=200504

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2007-2008 Session
House H.3284 – www.scstatehouse.gov/sess117_2007-2008/bills/3284.htm
35 co-sponsors
Senate S.313 – www.scstatehouse.gov/sess117_2007-2008/bills/313.htm
10 co-sponsors

2009-2010 Session
House H.3526 – http://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess118_2009-2010/bills/3526.htm
54 co-sponsors
Senate S.450 – http://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess118_2009-2010/bills/450.htm
23 co-sponsors [ Note: five co-sponsors bailed out on April 13, 2010 Recall vote ]

2011-2012 Session
House H.3945 – http://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess119_2011-2012/bills/3945.htm
53 co-sponsors
Senate S.616 – http://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess119_2011-2012/bills/616.htm
20 co-sponsors

2013-2014 Session
House H.3584 – http://scstatehouse.gov/sess120_2013-2014/bills/3584.htm
28 co-sponsors
Senate S.457 – http://scstatehouse.gov/sess120_2013-2014/bills/457.htm
22 co-sponsors

2015-2016 Session – First (only) Personhood Constitutional Amendments introduced

Personhood Act
Senate S.129 – http://scstatehouse.gov/sess121_2015-2016/bills/129.htm
5 co-sponsors

Personhood Constitutional Amendment
Senate S.719 – http://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess121_2015-2016/bills/719.htm
13 co-sponsors

Personhood Constitutional Amendment
House H.4093 – http://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess121_2015-2016/bills/4093.htm
59 co-sponsors

2017-2018 Session
House H.3530 – https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess122_2017-2018/bills/3530.htm
53 co-sponsors
Senate S.217 – https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess122_2017-2018/bills/217.htm
20 co-sponsors

 

Link (pdf): http://christianlifeandliberty.net/2018-11-29-History-of-Personhood-Legislation-in-South-Carolina-1998-2018.pdf

2018 SC Legislature GOP Candidates Personhood Candidates Personhood Pledge

Two Republican Pro-Personhood Candidates for SC Senate District #20 – Version #2

Published by:

Christians for Personhood ( CP )
Columbia, South Carolina
August 3, 2018  [ To be posted online at: ChristiansforPersonhood.com ]

Posted Printable PDF:
Two Republican Pro-Personhood Candidates for SC Senate District #20 – Version #2
– Primary August 14: Benjamin Dunn, Christian Stegmaier
August 3, 2018


Two Republican Pro-Personhood Candidates for SC Senate District #20

– Primary August 14: Benjamin Dunn, Christian Stegmaier – Version #2

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There are four Republican candidates running in the August 14 Primary of the SC State Senate District 20 Special Election.  Two* of these Republican candidates are confirmed supporters of SC Personhood Legislation:

– Benjamin Dunn

– Christian Stegmaier

* Note: Both of these men are professing Christians and attorneys.

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The purpose of Personhood legislation is to establish justice for all pre-birth human beings, recognizing the Creator God-given unalienable right to life of every human being as a “person”, in law, at fertilization, and that without exception, because God’s Word says, “Thou shalt not kill (murder).”  Exodus 20:13, KJV

SC Senate District #20 includes parts of Richland and Lexington Counties; running from White Rock to Ballentine and Irmo, along I-26 and I-126, thru downtown Columbia, continuing southeast thru Shandon and other Columbia neighborhoods to I-77, and vicinity [ Map ].

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                                                      TheStandardSC.org

Benjamin Dunn vying to represent
Republicans for Senate Seat #20

by Michael Reed | THE STANDARD
http://thestandardsc.org/benjamin-dunn-vying-to-represent-republicans-for-senate-seat-20
August 1, 2018

[ Excerpts, emphasis added ]

Dunn says that “Roe v [W]ade may very well be overturned in the next few years. If so, it will be kicked back to the states to decide.”

Continued…

He says, “… I support the personhood bill in S.C. S.217 [.”]

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Letter signed by Christian Stegmaier received and publicized by Personhood South Carolina ( Gaffney, SC ):

Stegmaier, SC Senate District 20 Candidate, Pledges Support for Personhood…


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From Christians for Personhood:

The above “Dear Candidate” letter (July 18, 2018) from Personhood South Carolina contains this sentence: “This past legislative cycle’s personhood effort had companion bills (S217, H3530) making significant progress in both the House and Senate.” This statement is only half true.  It is true the Senate Bill S217 did see significant progress in the SC Senate in 2017-2018 Session: S217 passed Subcommittee after two public hearings, S217 passed the full Senate Judiciary Committee, S217 was placed on the full SC Senate calendar, and the Judiciary Committee Amendment to S217 was actually approved on the Senate floor.  However, the House Bill H3530 on the other hand, never even had a public hearing in 2017, or in 2018.  And the historical record shows public hearings in Subcommittee have been held in the past for the SC House personhood bill; in 2001, in 2004, in 2005, in 2008 (then-SC Attorney General Henry McMaster also testified at this hearing), and in 2010.  The SC House personhood bill passed out of Subcommittee in both 2004 and 2005.  In 2005, the personhood bill also passed the full House Judiciary Committee (still unamended), before being amended on the floor of the full SC House of Representatives with a fatal flaw so-called “morning-after-pill” (chemical abortifacient) rape “exception” [sic] amendment, then passed the full SC House of Representatives on Second and Third Readings, and was then sent to the SC Senate where two public hearings were held, no vote taken, and it died.

History of Personhood Legislation in South Carolina ( 1998 – 2016 )

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Two Republican Pro-Personhood Candidates for SC Senate District #20 – Version #2
– Primary August 14: Benjamin Dunn, Christian Stegmaier
August 3, 2018

Personhood Personhood Candidates

Two Republican Pro-Personhood Candidates for SC Senate District #20 – Primary August 14: Benjamin Dunn, Christian Stegmaier

Published by:

Christians for Personhood ( CP )
Columbia, South Carolina
July 25, 2018/ Revised July 31, 2018/ Revised August 2, 2018


Two Republican Pro-Personhood Candidates for SC Senate District #20

– Primary August 14: Benjamin Dunn, Christian Stegmaier

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There are four Republican candidates running in the August 14 Primary of the SC State Senate District 20 Special Election. 

Two* of these Republican candidates are confirmed supporters of SC Personhood Legislation:


– Benjamin Dunn

– Christian Stegmaier

* Note: Both of these men are professing Christians and attorneys.

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The purpose of Personhood legislation is to establish justice for all pre-birth human beings, recognizing  the Creator God-given unalienable right to life of every human being as a “person”, in law, at fertilization, and that without exception, because God’s Word says, “Thou shalt not kill (murder).”  Exodus 20:13, KJV

SC Senate District #20 includes parts of both Richland and Lexington Counties, running from White Rock to Ballentine and Irmo, along I-26 and I-126, thru downtown Columbia, continuing southeast thru Shandon and other Columbia neighborhoods to I-77, and vicinity [ Map ].

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                                          TheStandardSC .org

Christian Stegmaier candidate for Senate Seat #20

by Michael Reed | July 11, 2018
http://thestandardsc.org/exclusive-interview-christian-stegmaier-candidate-for-senate-seat-20

[ Excerpt, emphasis added ]


Christian believes that “life begins at conception.” He says we have a “responsibility to the unborn” and that the “unborn should be protected.” He says in the law a person “can be charged with a crime if we kill a fetus.” He emphasized that abortion is a “federally driven issue” but that the “5th and 14th Amendments say each person has a right to life.”

Regarding the recent Greenville Women’s Clinic news violating state law concerning improper disposal of aborted babies as “medical waste”, he said it was “reprehensible to God’s creation.” Stegmaier emphasized that as a people we must “return to a notion of accountability.” He said he believes in “personhood of the fetus.”

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Letter from Benjamin Dunn received and publicized by Personhood South Carolina ( Gaffney, SC ):

Dunn, SC Senate District 20 Candidate, Pledges Support for Personhood…

Benjamin Dunn
SC Senate District 20

July 24, 2018

Re: Personhood Legislation Position Statement

     This letter is in response to your request for my position on personhood legislation. I pledge to defend all preborn lives, without exception, by granting my full support to personhood legislation if I am elected to the South Carolina Senate. By “full support” I mean co-sponsoring personhood legislation, voting in favor of personhood at every opportunity (including procedural votes such as recall motions, special order motions, tabling motions, cloture votes, and committee votes), and using all positional powers to move personhood forward without delay.

Thank you,

/s/

Benjamin Dunn

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Posted PDF:

Two Republican Pro-Personhood Candidates for SC Senate District #20
– Primary August 14: Benjamin Dunn, Christian Stegmaier

2018 SC Legislature Personhood Report

SC Senate ‘Abortion’ Bills battle, May 1 – 4 – Report #3B

Published by:

Christians for Personhood ( CP )
Columbia, South Carolina
May 16, 2018

SC Senate ‘Abortion’ Bills battle, May 1 – 4 – Report #3B:
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[ Report to be sent by text also ]

SC Senate ‘Abortion’ Bills battle, May 1 – 4 – Report #3B:

Personhood Bill S217 vs Hutto “Hyde-Amdt”-type fake “pro-life” replacement amdt to H3548 vs SCCL’s euthanasia Dismemberment Bill H3548

/// On Tues, May 1, with the pro-euthanasia H3548 Dismemberment Bill before the Senate on Special Order, Senator Cash’s Amdt No. 11 proposing to add all language contained in Personhood Bill S217; to all text of Dismemberment Bill H3548; plus one additional sentence proscribing dismemberment of baby in case of providing medical treatment to prevent death of pregnant woman, was tabled on Roll Call vote of 30 Y – 11 N on Senator Hutto’s Motion to Table.

/// See Senate Journal for 5/1/2018 – https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess122_2017-2018/sj18/20180501.htm

/// As previously reported, voting No against tabling Amdt No. 11 were 11 Republicans: Alexander, Cash, Climer, Corbin, Cromer, Gambrell, Goldfinch, Martin, Rice, Timmons, Verdin

/// As a matter of record, EIGHT of these 11 also voted on February 6, 2018 to RECALL S217 Personhood Bill from Senate Judiciary Committee, where S217 was being “slow-walked” (obstructed, delayed) by Personhood opponent, Chairman Senator Luke Rankin (RINO-Horry). Senator Martin’s Recall Motion failed on a 10 Y – 34 N Roll Call vote

/// See Senate Journal for 2/6/2018 – https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess122_2017-2018/sj18/20180206.htm

/// The EIGHT who voted for both Cash Amdt No. 11 on May 2, AND voted for Senator Martin Recall Motion on Feb 6, 2018 are: Alexander, Cash, Corbin, Cromer, Gambrell, Martin, Rice, Timmons

/// Verdin was on leave Feb 6. Freshman Senators Climer and Goldfinch did not vote for Feb 6 Recall, however they are considered strong supporters of Personhood Bill. So these 11 together are considered strongest supporters of Personhood legislation among 27-seated member Republican Senate Caucus

/// Senators Davis and Peeler also voted for Martin Recall Motion Feb 6, however neither voted for Cash Amdt No. 11 on May 1 ///

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2018 SC Legislature Personhood Report

SC Senate ‘Abortion’ Bills battle, May 1 – 4 – Report #3A:

Published by:

Christians for Personhood ( CP )
Columbia, South Carolina
May 13, 2018

SC Senate ‘Abortion’ Bills battle, May 1 – 4 – Report #3A:
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[ Report to be sent by text also ]

SC Senate ‘Abortion’ Bills battle, May 1 – 4 – Report #3A:

Personhood Bill S217 vs Hutto “Hyde-Amdt”-type fake “pro-life” replacement amdt to H3548 vs SCCL’s euthanasia Dismemberment Bill H3548

/// On Tues, May 1, with the pro-euthanasia H3548 Dismemberment Bill before the Senate on Special Order, the vote to table Senator Cash’s Amdt No. 11 occurred about 6:45pm.  Amdt No. 11 proposed to add all language contained in Personhood Bill S217; to all text of Dismemberment Bill H3548, plus one additional sentence proscribing dismemberment of baby in case of providing medical treatment to prevent death of pregnant woman

/// The Roll Call vote to Table was 30 Y – 11 N, and so Amdt No. 11 was tabled (killed). See Senate Journal for 5/1/2018 – https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess122_2017-2018/sj18/20180501.htm

/// Voting Yes to table Amdt No. 11 were 16 R’s and 14 D’s. These 16 Republicans were: Bennett, Campbell, Campsen, Davis,  Gregory, Grooms, Hembree, Leatherman, Massey, Peeler, Rankin, Senn, Shealy, Talley, Turner, Young

/// Of these 16 Republicans voting Yes to table, 8 are listed as cosponsors of S217  ( https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess122_2017-2018/bills/217.htm): Gregory, Grooms, Hembree, Peeler, Shealy, Talley, Turner, Young

/// The one Democrat cosponsoring S217 (Williams) also voted  to table Amdt No. 11

/// Voting No against tabling Amdt No. 11 were 11 R’s. These 11 Republicans were: Alexander, Cash, Climer, Corbin, Cromer, Gambrell, Goldfinch, Martin, Rice, Timmons, Verdin

/// Of these 11 Republicans voting No against tabling Amdt No. 11, 10 of the 11 (all except Alexander) are listed as cosponsors of S217

/// In summary, S217 Personhood Bill has 19 cosponsors (18 R, 1 D); and of these, 10 R’s voted No against tabling; and of these, 8 R’s, 1 D voted Yes to table

/// So 10 of 19 cosponsors of S217 voted in favor; and 9 of 19 cosponsors of S217 voted against, adding language of S217 Personhood Bill to language of H3548 Dismemberment Bill as per Amdt No. 11. ///

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