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[Video] March 14 – Near Super-Majority “Republican” [sic] SC House does NOTHING to defund SC STATE GOVERNMENT’S OWN MINI-AUSCHWITZ child-extermination facility at “Medical” University of South Carolina (MUSC)

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web.musc.edu
MUSC Home Page: “Our purpose is to preserve and optimize human life in South Carolina…” [ emphasis added ]

Really ? What about preserving and not destroying human life in the womb !!!
How about just honoring Hippocrates’ charge to “DO NO HARM” !!!
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The “Medical” University of South Carolina is South Carolina’s largest baby-killing “hospital”, having murdered 263 pre-birth children by “abortion” just in the years 2014 – 2020:

201458 pre-birth children murdered by “abortion” at MUSC
201541 pre-birth children murdered by “abortion” at MUSC
201634 pre-birth children murdered by “abortion” at MUSC
201734 pre-birth children murdered by “abortion” at MUSC
201825 pre-birth children murdered by “abortion” at MUSC
201941 pre-birth children murdered by “abortion” at MUSC
202030 pre-birth children murdered by “abortion” at MUSC

Total: 263 [ 2014 – 2020 ]

‘SC State Government’s Own “Abortion” Facility:
Will Near Super-Majority “Republican” SC Legislature Continue to Allow
Taxpayer-Funded Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) to Kill Babies ?’
Christians for Personhood
March 9, 2022
https://christiansforpersonhood.com/index.php/2022/03/09/2-sc-state-governments-own-abortion-facility-will-near-super-majority-republican-sc-legislature-continue-to-allow-taxpayer-funded-medical-university-of-south-carolina-musc-to-kill-babie/

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[ Video ]
March 14 – Near Super-Majority “Republican” [sic] SC House does NOTHING to defund SC STATE GOVERNMENT’S OWN MINI-AUSCHWITZ child-extermination facility at “Medical” University of South Carolina (MUSC)

Fake “Pro-Life” [sic] SC House adopts Section 23, Part 1A by a vote of 95 Y – 13 N; adopts Section 23, Part 1B by a vote of 93 Y – 12 N, WITHOUT ANY AMENDMENTS TO DEFUND THE EXTERMINATION OF PRE-BIRTH CHILDREN AT MUSC !

So March 14, 2022, the Near Super-Majority “Republican” [sic] SC House effectively voted to CONTINUE ALLOWING THE MURDER OF PRE-BIRTH CHILDREN AT THE SC TAXPAYER-SUBSIDIZED “MEDICAL” UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA’S “ABORTION” FACILITY.
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Appropriations Bill, H. 5150, as passed by the House of Representatives.

PART IA
SECTION 23 – MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA

PART IB
SECTION 23 – MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA
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Fake “Pro-Life” [sic] SC House adopts Section 23, Part 1A by a vote of 95 Y – 13 N

[ Begin video time 1:10:45 ]

Only 13 Republican SC House Representatives rightly voted “No” to adopting Section 23, Part 1A:
Dabney, Forrest, Haddon, Jones, Long, Magnuson, May, McCabe, Morgan, Oremus, G.R. Smith, Taylor, Trantham

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Fake “Pro-Life” [sic] SC House adopts Section 23, Part 1B by a vote of 93 Y – 12 N

[ Begin video time 3:31:15 ]

Only 12 Republican SC House Representatives rightly voted “No” to adopting Section 23, Part 1B:
Chumley, Dabney, Haddon, Jones, Long, Magnuson, May, McCabe, Morgan, Oremus, G.R. Smith, Trantham

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Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC)

The Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) is a SC State Government institution. “The Medical College of South Carolina was established by Act of Legislature upon petition of the Medical Society of South Carolina, December 1823. The College was opened in the fall of 1824. The name was changed to “The Medical University of South Carolina” (MUSC) by [ SC Code of Laws ] Sec. 59-123-10.” [ Source: SC 2021 Legislative Manual ]

Title 59, Chapter 123 of the SC Code of Laws governs the existence and organization of MUSC, which operates South Carolina State Government’s Own “Abortion” Facility.  This includes the composition and election, the organization and powers, and designation as Medical University Hospital Authority” [ Section 59-123-60 ] of the Board of Trustees, which “is the final authority and the governing body of The Medical University of South Carolina, its colleges, outreach programs, and ancillary functions.”

SC Code of Laws
SECTION 59-123-40. Composition of board of trustees.
“The management and control of the university shall be vested in a board of trustees, to be composed as follows:
the Governor or his designee, ex officio, fourteen members to be elected by the General Assembly in joint assembly and one member to be appointed by the Governor. The Governor shall make the appointment based on merit regardless of race, color, creed, or gender and shall strive to assure that the membership of the board is representative of all citizens of the State of South Carolina.”

MUSC Board of Trustees
“The Board of Trustees is the final authority and the governing body of The Medical University of South Carolina, its colleges, outreach programs, and ancillary functions. The Board establishes the general policies of the University, defines educational programs, and approves annual budgets. The Board names the principal officers of the University, including the President and Vice Presidents. Meeting six (6) times a year, the comprised group includes physicians, dentists, an attorney, business executives, a CPA, a former state legislator, a former educator, and an engineer.”

Board of Trustees – 16 total members (4-year terms):
– 1 member representing the medical profession from each of the seven Congressional Districts, elected by the General Assembly
– 1 member representing the non-medical profession from each of the seven Congressional Districts, elected by the General Assembly
– 1 at-large member appointed by the SC Governor
– Ex officio member: the SC Governor or his designee
Source: South Carolina 2021 Legislative Manual, “The Medical University of South Carolina”, pp. 535-537

So, the Board of Trustees is the “final authority and the governing body of The Medical University of South Carolina”, and 14 out of 16 members are elected by the Near Super-Majority “Republican” SC General Assembly (House and Senate), and two members are chosen by the “Republican” Governor; and yet, the “Medical” University of South Carolina is South Carolina’s largest baby-killing “hospital”, having murdered 263 pre-birth children by “abortion” just in the years 2014 – 2020 !!!
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Comments:

Is it not immeasurably grievous to consider that in supposedly “Red State”, “conservative”, “Republican” South Carolina, that our SC State Government operates its own taxpayer-subsidized mini-Auschwitz child-extermination facility ? While of course far less in numbers, what is the difference qualitatively between the fascistic “Republican” Government of South Carolina in 2022 and that of the Nazi Regime’s Third Reich in the 1940’s in its disregard for the Creator God-given, inherent, unalienable, right to life ? Where is the respect for the Sanctity of Human Life, as taught in the Bible ?

 

Beyond that, is it not unfathomably heart-wrenching to consider the magnitude of the reproach the existence of this State-sponsored, taxpayer-subsidized, child-extermination facility is to the Christian evangelical church in South Carolina, and therefore to the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ, Who is God the Son, the only Saviour, and only Mediator between God and men ?

 

God Himself said over 3,500 years ago, child-sacrifice is such an abomination to Him, such as “to defile My sanctuary, and to profane My holy name.”  Leviticus 20:3

 

The Church of the Lord Jesus Christ, including her pastors, elders, and deacons, need to repent for allowing such an abomination as a SC State Government operated child-extermination center to exist in South Carolina.  2 Chronicles 7:14, Matthew 5:13-16, KJV

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Re: MUSC Board of Trustees ( https://web.musc.edu/about/leadership/trustees )

Seven medical professional members of MUSC Board of Trustees representing Congressional Districts:

Note: The Fifth District medical profession representative on the MUSC Board of Trustees is Dr. G. Murrell Smith, Sr., M.D.

The present Chairman of the SC House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee (Budget Committee), is SC Representative G. Murrell Smith, Jr., Esq.

It has been reported current Speaker of the SC House of Representatives Jay Lucas (R-Darlington) will not be seeking re-election as a SC Representative in 2022, and that the most likely successor as Speaker of the House will be G. Murrell Smith, Jr. (R-Sumter).

So, G. Murrell Smith, Jr., the son of MUSC Board of Trustees member Dr. G. Murrell Smith, Sr., M.D., is the current Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, Chairman of the House Committee in charge of writing the State’s Annual Budget, and is currently the most likely candidate to succeed Rep. Jay Lucas as the Speaker of the SC House of Representatives.
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PLANNED PARENTHOOD funding STILL in SC State Budget as full Senate to begin budget debate Wed, April 17

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Columbia Christians for Life
ChristianLifeandLiberty.net
April 16

(SC) Update: PLANNED PARENTHOOD funding STILL in SC State Budget as full Senate to begin budget debate Wed, April 17

Already passed by SC House on March 12/13 with PLANNED PARENTHOOD funding included, SC State Budget for FY 2019-2020
(H.4000) was reported out of Senate Finance Comm to full Senate on April 10 by Chairman, Senator Hugh Leatherman, with PLANNED PARENTHOOD funding STILL present in Section 33 (DHHS) of Senate Finance Comm Report, because of ineffective Proviso 33.25, which does NOT ban Planned Parenthood funding now, but only “once the federal (court) injunction is lifted”.

Part 1B
(Provisos)
Section 33
Proviso 33.25
(DHHS: Family Planning Funds)
https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/appropriations2019/sfp1b.htm#s33
(scroll down to Section 33 DHHS)

As previously reported and explained in the posting below, SC Governor McMaster’s proposed Executive Budget contained effective Planned Parenthood defunding Proviso 33:24:

‘(SC) Alert: Planned Parenthood Funding in SC State Budget; Full Senate Finance Committee meets beginning Tues., April 2nd’

March 27, 2019
http://christiansforpersonhood.com/index.php/2019/03/27/sc-alert-planned-parenthood-funding-in-sc-state-budget-full-senate-finance-committee-meets-beginning-tues-april-2nd/

There are nominally 27 Republicans in SC Senate to 19 Democrats. Their contact info is at scstatehouse.gov – click on “The Senate”, then on “Members”.

If your SC Senator is Republican, or one of these three Democrats: Jackson, Reese, Williams, please call and email them requesting they:

1) Work and vote to amend the Budget by replacing current ineffective Proviso 33.25 with the language of Governor McMaster’s effective Proviso 33.24; and,

2) Not vote for Section 33, nor for the final total Budget, if Proviso 33.25 remains as is, with PLANNED PARENTHOOD FUNDING.

Please call beginning  today Tues, 4/16, through Wed, 4/17.

Thank you

Columbia Christians for Life
ChristianLifeandLiberty.net

Glory to God ! – SC PERSONHOOD ACT ( S.217) passes Senate Judiciary Subcommittee favorably by 3Y-2N vote – April 26, 2017

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Christians for Personhood ( CP )
Columbia, South Carolina
April 27, 2017 / Revised April 28, 2017 / Revised July 5, 2017

Glory to God !SC PERSONHOOD ACT ( S .217) passes Senate Judiciary Subcommittee favorably by 3Y-2N vote – April 26, 2017

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– The SC Personhood Act ( S .217) passed favorably out of a Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Wednesday shortly before 11am, April 26, by a vote of 3 Yeas ( Rice , Gambrell, Talley) to 2 Nays (Bright Matthews, McLeod).

– The bill now goes to the full Judiciary Committee, which presently has 22 members (1 vacancy), of which 13 are Republicans and 9 are Democrats; however only nine Republican members of the Judiciary Committee are co-sponsors of S .217 [ Climer, Gambrell, Goldfinch, Rice , Shealy, Talley, Turner, Timmons, Young ].  There are four Republicans on the Judiciary Committee who are not co-sponsors of S .217 [ Massey (Senate Majority ( Republican ) Leader; Chairman Senate Rules Committee), Rankin (Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman), Senn , and the only presently openly, repeatedly, long-term, declared opponent of S.217, Campsen (Senate Fish, Game and Forestry Committee Chairman) ].  None of the 9 Democrats on the Judiciary Committee are presently co-sponsoring S .217.

– The April 26 meeting was scheduled to convene at 9am, but was started about 15 minutes late.  The full Senate was scheduled to go into session in the Senate chamber over at the State House at 11am, which placed a specific time limit on the length of the S .217 Subcommittee hearing.

– The hearing room was changed only the day before ( 4/25 ) to Room 209, which is the same size as the prior Room 207, with an audience seating capacity of just 50 ( The March 30 S .217 hearing was held in Room 308 with an audience seating capacity of 90, and there were people standing along two walls and overflowing out into the hallway at the March 30 S .217 hearing. ).  On Wednesday, Room 209 was filled including a few spots for standing room, and then there were many other people still out in the hallway.

Senate Gressette Building Room 209 filled for SC Personhood Act ( S .217) Judiciary Subcommittee Hearing  

– The Subcommittee chairwoman Senator Bright Matthews [ D – appointed by “Republican” Senator Luke Rankin (R-Horry) ] explained at the beginning of the meeting that time would have to be allowed at the end of the meeting for the Subcommittee to vote on the bill, and so speakers would not be called beyond a certain time ahead of the end of the meeting to allow that vote to take place.

– Four of those who were allowed to speak in support of the SC Personhood Act ( S .217) were Eva Edl, Johnny Gardner, Rolf Baghdady, and Richard Cash.  The videos of their testimonies are available below:

Eva Edl –  82 years old, survivor of a Communist death camp in Yugoslavia at end of WW2

Eva Edl Personhood Bill testimony – April 26, 2017
https://youtu.be/_nV3PMlewEc
Video – 5:51

Eva Edl testifies before SC Personhood Act ( S .217) Judiciary Subcommittee:  Members present at the time from Left to Right: Senator Scott Talley (R), Judiciary Committee Senior Staff Attorney Paula Benson, Senator Margie Bright Matthews (D), Senator Mike Gambrell (R), Senator Rex Rice (R).  [ Not present yet, Senator Mia McLeod (D), seat empty between Senator Talley and Benson, Esq. ].    

Also:

Johnny Gardner – director of Voice of the Unborn

Johnny Gardner Personhood Bill testimony – April 26, 2017
https://youtu.be/WxFJmZ_iREM
Video – 6:28

Rolf Baghdady, attorney – addressed legal issues, including importance of personhood as identified in Roe Opinion

Rolf Baghdady Personhood Bill testimony – April 26, 2017
https://youtu.be/_iJ8j5mpii8
Video – 6:24

Richard Cash – executive director of Personhood SC; Winner of Republican SC Senate District #3 Anderson Primary Runoff on April 25

Richard Cash Personhood bill testimony – April 26, 2017
https://youtu.be/IunEZWKaWzs
Video – 5:50

Richard Cash testifies before SC Personhood Act ( S .217) Judiciary Subcommittee:  Members present at the time from Left to Right: Senator Scott Talley (R), Senator Mia McLeod (D), Judiciary Committee Senior Staff Attorney Paula Benson, Senator Margie Bright Matthews (D), Senator Mike Gambrell (R), Senator Rex Rice (R).

 

( Several other supporters of the SC Personhood Act ( S .217) were present who were also signed up to speak, but who were not afforded that opportunity by the Subcommittee chairwoman Senator Bright Matthews [ D – appointed by “Republican” Senator Luke Rankin (R-Horry) ]. )

After the conclusion of the SC Personhood Act ( S .217) Judiciary Subcommittee, and the vote to pass S .217 favorably: From Left to Right, Pat Hunter, wife of Dr. Johnny Hunter, and  Eva Edl.  Dr. Johnny Hunter is the national director of the Life Education and Resource Netwlork (L.E.A.R.N.), a Christian, pro-life organization which focuses on reaching Christian black pastors to become involved in pro-life efforts ( Dr. Hunter was signed up to speak and had a short, one-page statement prepared, but was not afforded the opportunity to address the S .217 Subcommitee during the hearing.)
[ See  http://BlackGenocide.org ]

 

‘For the Murdered Unborn, Incrementalism is Not Justice’
http://christiansforpersonhood.com/index.php/2017/04/11/for-the-murdered-unborn-incrementalism-is-not-justice/
http://christianlifeandliberty.net/2017-04-10-Incrementalism-is-Not-Justice-Incrementalism-is-Evil.pdf

‘GOD Has Shown US Great MERCY…What Will We Do with the OPPORTUNITY?
Letter to the Editor / Opinion Editorial
Steve Lefemine, Christian pro-life missionary
dir., Columbia Christians for Life
exec. dir. Christians for Personhood
November 12, 2016 / Edited, Revised November 14, 2016
http://christianlifeandliberty.net/2016-11-12-GOD-Has-Shown-US-Great-MERCY-Letter-to-the-Editor.pdf

LEGAL EXPERTS SUPPORTING THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF STATE-LEVEL PERSONHOOD LEGISLATION
IN SC (2001), MISS (2009), ALA (2011), and OK (2012):
 – Herb Titus is an attorney, constitutional scholar, author, the founding Dean of College of Law/Gov’t at Regent University
Mathew Staver is former Dean of the School of Law at Liberty University; and Liberty Counsel founder and chair
– Judge Roy Moore, Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, is President Emeritus of Foundation for Moral Law
   April 5, 2016
http://christianlifeandliberty.net/2016-04-05-Legal-experts-supporting-constitutionality-of-State-level-Personhood-legislation-SC-MISS-ALA-OK-edited-Jan-27-2017.pdf

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Senator Luke Rankin (R – Horry) has still not signed on as a co-sponsor of S .217 SC Personhood Act.

Senator Luke Rankin (R – Horry) has still not committed to vote for S .217 SC Personhood Act with no amendments in full Senate Judiciary Committee which he chairs.

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– Please continue to call and request Senator Luke Rankin, Chairman Judiciary Committee:

1) Sign on to co-sponsor S.217 as soon as possible.

2) Commit to vote in support of S.217 without any amendments in the full Judiciary Committee.

Senator Luke Rankin (R-Horry)
Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee
District 33 – Horry County – Map

Contact Information:
http://www.scstatehouse.gov/member.php?code=1511363455

(Columbia ) Senator Rankin Senate office Phone (803) 212-6610

(Conway ) Senator Rankin Law office Phone (843) 248-2405

( Myrtle Beach ) Senator Rankin Home Phone (843) 626-6269


Send webmail message to Senator Luke Rankin (R-Horry)

http://www.scstatehouse.gov/email.php?T=M&C=1511363455


When calling/leaving messages/e-mailing, remind Senator Luke Rankin he voted in 2016 for the S.719 SC Personhood Amendment on April 12, 2016 ( Minutes p.5 ) in the full Senate Judiciary Committee; and remind Senator Rankin he also voted in 2016 for Special Order for the S.719 SC Personhood Amendment on the floor of the full SC Senate on May 11, 2016[ At the time 23-year incumbent Senator Rankin was facing Republican opposition from a Myrtle Beach Republican in the June 2016 Primary ]. 

 

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SC Personhood Amendment – No Special Order Votes Taken, No Motion Period in Senate April 19; Next Regular Session April 21

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Christians for Personhood ( CP )
Columbia, South Carolina
April 19, 2016

SC Personhood Amendment – No Special Order Votes Taken, No Motion Period in Senate April 19; Next Regular Session April 21

Will Senators (27 R, 18 D) set S.719 for Special Order Thursday, April 21, 2016 ?

– We need to Poll Senators for Commitment to Vote for Special Order for S.719

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1) The SC Senate adjourned in less than 1 1/2 hours today without even entering the Motion Period on the Senate Calendar for April 19.  So no votes for Special Order were taken; neither for H.3189, nor S.719.

2) Tomorrow, April 20  is only any ‘perfunctory’ Session as per the motion of Senate President Pro-Tempore, 35-year incumbent Senator Hugh Leatherman ( R – Darlington, Florence ), who invoked a special Rule of the Senate ( Rule 1B, p. 206 ) authorizing the President Pro-Tempore to do so.  Note: The invoking of the Rule was actually out of order because the Rule requires the motion be made “at least two (2) days prior” to it taking effect.  However no Senator challenged the Rule violation, and so the motion was approved by the Senate.

Tuesday, April 19, 2016 – 12:00 pm
State House, Senate Chamber
http://www.scstatehouse.gov/video/videofeed.php
Video – 1:23:29

3) So the next full Session of the Senate is Thursday, April 20, meeting at 11AM.  We have until then to lobby and poll Senators for their commitment to vote for Special Order for S.719.  Senator Bright says we need to make a list of those who will vote for Special Order for S.719.  Senator Bryant says we should start with supporters of S.719 SC Personhood Constitutional Amendment, of which there are 15.  There are 12 Senate co-sponsors of S.719, plus three other Senators who have signed the S.719 pledge only.

Sponsors of S.719: Senators Lee Bright*, Ronnie Cromer*, Kevin Bryant*, Shane Martin, Ross Turner, Mike Fair*, Katrina Shealy*, Larry Grooms, Shane Massey, Danny Verdin*, Tom Young and Tom Davis
[ Note: Senators with asterisk ( * ) also signed S.719 Pledge ]

Senators who have signed S.719 Pledge but have not co-sponsored: Senators Tom Corbin, Greg Gregory, Wes Hayes

Contact information for all SC Senators is here:  http://www.scstatehouse.gov/member.php?chamber=S

Of this list, Senator Bright and Senator Bryant can be counted as having already made their commitment to support S.719 for Special Order.  Please help contact, lobby, and poll the remainder of this list of 15 Senators, asking them:

– To please agree to vote to set S.719 SC Personhood Constitutional Amendment for Special Order on Thursday, April 21st and thereafter, to move forward the effort to put  S.719 on the ballot in the November 8, 2016 General Election and let the people of South Carolina have the opportunity to vote on what is in our own State Constitution !

– And if they cannot vote ‘Yes’ to set S.719 for Special Order, then ask them to at least not vote against setting S.719 for Special Order, and to please abstain.

4) If you contact or receive an answer back from any of these 15 Senators above regarding the answer to whether they will agree to vote to set S.719 for Special Order on Thursday, April 21st and thereafter; or if not, will they at least abstain, please e-mail their response to CP@spiritcom.net as soon as possible.
Thank you !

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Greenville News ( Greenville, SC )

Bryant: personhood bill may be pushed over transgender bill
http://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/politics/2016/04/18/bryant-personhood-bill-may-pushed-over-transgender-bill/83188538/
April 19, 2016

COLUMBIA ­ The Upstate chairman of the committee that could take up a bill regulating the transgender use of public bathrooms says while he still thinks the bill can pass, he is more interested in having the Senate debate a bill giving rights to the unborn.

Sen. Kevin Bryant of Anderson, chairman of the Senate General Committee, told The Greenville News on Monday he is prepared to move the transgender bill out of committee and onto the Senate calendar but knows whether the bill moves as the result of a vote at a committee meeting or polling committee members without a meeting, it still will draw a procedural objection by opponents that will require a vote of the Senate for the measure to be heard.

Given the choice between focusing his efforts on persuading the Senate to take up the transgender bill or a bill establishing legal rights for the unborn beginning at conception, also known as the “personhood” bill, Bryant said he would prefer to focus on the personhood bill.

“My personal priority is the personhood constitutional amendment,” Bryant said.  “I would like to see the bathroom bill pass this year. Personhood would be the priority for me.”

continued…
http://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/politics/2016/04/18/bryant-personhood-bill-may-pushed-over-transgender-bill/83188538/

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“The king’s heart is in the Hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water:
He turneth it whithersoever He will.”
Proverb 21:1, KJV ( with deity capitalized )

“… with God all things are possible.”  Matthew 19:26, KJV

Praise the Lord“For with God nothing shall be impossible.”  Luke 1:37, KJV

In Christ,

Steve Lefemine
Christians for Personhood

PO Box 12222
Columbia, SC 29211

SC Personhood Amendment – Day of Decision for Special Order in SC Senate – Tuesday, April 19, 2016 ?

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Christians for Personhood ( CP )
Columbia, South Carolina
April 17, 2016

SC Personhood AmendmentDay of Decision for Special Order in SC Senate

– Tuesday, April 19, 2016 ?

Which Bill will SC Senators (27 R, 18 D) set for Special Order: H.3189 or S.719 ?

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It appears likely Senate President Pro-Tempore, 35-year incumbent Senator Hugh Leatherman (Darlington, Florence) will once again move for H.3189 to be set for Special Order, which if passed by a 2/3 Senate vote, would take the one slot presently open for Special Order, during the Motion Period on Tuesday,  April 19.  It is important this Motion be defeated once again.  It was defeated on Thursday, April 14 by just one vote.

Instead of giving away the one open Special Order slot to H.3189, we pray a Special Order vote for S.719 SC Personhood Constitutional Amendment will be taken, and will succeed on Tuesday, April 19.

So please call and e-mail the Republican and Democrat Senators further below, as many as you are willing, by NLT Tuesday morning, April 19 when the Republican Senate Caucus meets at 11AM prior to the 12 noon Session in the Senate chamber, saying to them words to this effect:

“Please vote to give the open Special Order slot to S.719, and please do not vote to give the open Special Order slot to H.3189.  The vote for Special Order for S719 is being counted as a vote for or against the Personhood Constitutional Amendment.  Let the People of South Carolina vote on the ballot November 8, 2016 .”

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These 10 Republican Senators below voted on Thursday, April 14 to give H.3189 (‘campaign funding’/’ethics’, third party/so-called ‘dark money’ bill) the one open Special Order slot, which would have boxed out S.719 SC Personhood Constitutional Amendment from getting an opportunity to receive a vote for Special Order. Thankfully that H.3189 Special Order vote was defeated on Thursday, April 14, but by just one vote, and the proponents of Special Order for H.3189 intend to try again.  Their attempt may very well be Tuesday, April 19.

The 10 Republican Senators who voted to give away the one open Special Order slot to H.3189 (not S.719) on Thursday, April 14 were:

1) Thomas C. Alexander – District 1 – Oconee & Pickens Counties – Map

2) Paul G. Campbell, Jr. – District 44 – Berkeley, Charleston & Dorchester Counties – Map

3) Raymond E. Cleary, III – District 34 – Charleston, Georgetown & Horry Counties – Map

4) Ronnie W. Cromer – District 18 – Lexington, Newberry & Union Counties – Map
[ Senator Cromer is a co-sponsor of S.719 and has signed the S.719 pledge ]

5) Robert W. Hayes, Jr. – District 15 – York County – Map
[ Senator Hayes has signed the S.719 pledge ]

6) Hugh K. Leatherman, Sr. – District 31 – Darlington & Florence Counties – Map

7) Larry A. Martin – District 2 – Pickens County – Map

8) Luke A. Rankin – District 33 – Horry County – Map

9) Paul Thurmond – District 41 – Charleston & Dorchester Counties – Map

10) Tom Young, Jr. – District 24 – Aiken County – Map
[ Senator Young is a co-sponsor of S.719 ]

Contact information for all SC Senators is here:  http://www.scstatehouse.gov/member.php?chamber=S

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“The king’s heart is in the Hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water:
He turneth it whithersoever He will.”
Proverb 21:1, KJV ( with deity capitalized )

“… with God all things are possible.”  Matthew 19:26, KJV

Praise the Lord“For with God nothing shall be impossible.”  Luke 1:37, KJV

In Christ,

Steve Lefemine
Christians for Personhood

PO Box 12222
Columbia, SC 29211