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PERSONHOOD trumps PRIVACY.

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Columbia, SC
Heartbeat Law Oral Arguments
June 27, 2023

Orwellian Heartbeat Law (S474) is Unjust. PERSONHOOD Establishes Justice; Heartbeat Law (S474) Does Not.

PERSONHOOD trumps PRIVACY.
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SC Supreme Court Justice John Few Opinion from:

“Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, et al. v.
State of South Carolina, et al.”
Opinion No. 28127

January 5, 2023
https://www.sccourts.org/opinions/HTMLFiles/SC/28127.pdf

Excerpts from pp. 75 – 77:

Justice John Few:

“For years, a minority of the General Assembly attempted to enact legislation banning abortion altogether. See, e.g., S. 129, 121st Gen. Assemb., Reg. Sess. (S.C. 2015). Those “personhood bills”- based on what would have become a legislative finding that human life begins at conception [FN 53] – consistently failed to gain majority support. [FN 54]” … [H5399 discussion omitted] … “if the State were to pass a total ban on abortion – despite a complete invasion of a pregnant woman’s right to privacy – the privacy invasion might be reasonable under article I, section 10, because “human life” has no countervailing interest; human life simply must be preserved. But the General Assembly failed to pass the personhood bills,” … [H5399 discussion omitted] … “Thus, despite consistent efforts, there is no legislative policy determination that human life – “personhood” – begins at conception, and there is no such State interest that justifies enacting the six-week bill.”
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The KEY to ENDING / ABOLISHING ALL “ABORTION” (Surgical, RU486, and Abortifacient “Birth Control”) in SOUTH CAROLINA is to ESTABLISH IN LAW (CODIFY) ALL HUMAN BEINGS are LEGAL “PERSONS”, BEGINNING at FERTILIZATION / CONCEPTION (NOT IMPLANTATION), with NO EXCEPTIONS.
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The right to life is ALREADY protected in South Carolina Statutory Law (Title 16, Chapter 3, Article 1) and Constitutional Law (Article I, Section 3) for “PERSONS”.

“PERSONS” are ALREADY PROTECTED !

ROE v. WADE Opinion, January 22, 1973:
“If … personhood is established, the [pro-“abortion”] case, of course, collapses, …”
Christians for Personhood
http://christiansforpersonhood.com/index.php/2022/01/05/roe-v-wade-opinion-january-22-1973-if-personhood-is-established-the-pro-abortion-case-of-course-collapses/

What is missing is to legally identify ALL HUMAN BEINGS as legal “PERSONS” beginning at fertilization/conception. ALL HUMAN BEINGS are already natural persons, created in the image of God, male and female (Genesis 1:27, KJV).

Black’s Law Dictionary (2009):
person. 1. “A human being”. – Also termed natural person.
http://christianlifeandliberty.net/2013-12-11-Blacks-Law-Dictionary-2009-Person=A-Human-Being.pdf

What is presently lacking is recognition in law of the Creator God-given, inherent, unalienable, natural personhood of all human beings, codified as legal personhood, at fertilization/conception (not implantation), with no exceptions.

ALL human beings are people, are persons, at fertilization, with no exceptions.
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PERSONHOOD plus
Constitutional Right to Life
(SC Constitution, Art I, Sec 3)

trumps…

Constitutional Right to Privacy
(SC Constitution, Art I, Sec 10)
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The Opinion of South Carolina Supreme Court Justice John Few, January 5, 2023 in the ruling overturning the previous Heartbeat Law (S.1 – 2021), specifically identified several recent personhood bills which had been filed in the SC Legislature since 2015 (principled personhood bills had in fact been on file every year in the SC Legislature since 1998).

SC Supreme Court Opinion
[ Filed January 5, 2023 ]

“Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, et al. v. State of South Carolina, et al.”
Opinion No. 28127

Excerpts:
Pages 1, 2, 5, 75 through 81, 90

(See especially pages 75 – 77)
http://christianlifeandliberty.net/2023-01-05-sc-supreme-court-opinion-heartbeat-law-pages-1-2-5-75-through-81-90.pdf

 

‘The KEY to ENDING / ABOLISHING ALL “ABORTION” in SC is to CODIFY ALL HUMAN BEINGS are LEGAL “PERSONS” at FERTILIZATION’
Christians for Personhood
http://christiansforpersonhood.com/index.php/2023/02/27/the-key-to-ending-abolishing-all-abortion-in-sc-is-to-codify-all-human-beings-are-legal-persons-at-fertilization/
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Principled personhood legislation was first filed in the SC Legislature 25 years ago, in February 1998, and has been on file every year since through 2022. Personhood legislation passed the full SC House of Representatives in 2005 (H3213), albeit flawed by still allowing use of an abortifacient drug in rape cases. Personhood legislation passed out of the SC Senate Judiciary Committee in both 2016 (S719) and 2018 (S217) and was placed on the full SC Senate calendar in both years, where the legislation died.

‘History of Personhood Legislation in South Carolina (1998 – 2022)’
http://christianlifeandliberty.net/2022-12-05-History-of-Personhood-Legislation-in-South-Carolina-1998-2022.pdf
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The official SC GOP Party Platform is a PERSONHOOD Platform

The South Carolina Republican Party Platform
https://sc.gop/assets/uploads/2022/09/SCGOP-Platform.pdf

Excerpt:

Article II – To Establish Justice

The Right to Life

“We believe the Fourteenth Amendment’s protection applies to unborn children. Unborn children should be classified as legal persons not as legal property.”
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‘Videos / PERSONHOOD IS THE KEY TO ENDING “ABORTION” IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA’
Christians for Personhood
http://christiansforpersonhood.com/index.php/2021/10/25/videos-personhood-is-the-key-to-ending-abortion-in-the-united-states-of-america/

 

THE KEY TO ENDING CHILD-MURDER BY “ABORTION” IN SOUTH CAROLINA AND IN AMERICA IS TO CODIFY THE CREATOR GOD-GIVEN, INHERENT, UNALIENABLE, NATURAL PERSONHOOD OF ALL HUMAN BEINGS, AS LEGAL PERSONHOOD, IN LAW, AT FERTILIZATION, AND THAT WITHOUT EXCEPTION, BECAUSE …

 

GOD SAYS,

“THOU SHALT NOT KILL (MURDER).”

EXODUS 20:13, KJV

 

Steve Lefemine
Christians for Personhood

ChristiansforPersonhood.com
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‘SOUTH CAROLINA SUPREME COURT JUSTICE EXPLICITLY NAMES SEVERAL PERSONHOOD BILLS IN HIS HEARTBEAT LAW OPINION – JANUARY 5, 2023’
Christians for Personhood
http://christiansforpersonhood.com/index.php/2023/01/08/south-carolina-supreme-court-justice-explicitly-names-several-personhood-bills-in-his-heartbeat-law-opinion-jan-5-2023/

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Unjust Heartbeat Law (S474) Oral Arguments in SC Supreme Court Tuesday, June 27, 2023

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Unjust Heartbeat Law (S474)
Oral Arguments
Tuesday, June 27, 2023
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“This [SC State Supreme] Court will review a circuit court order granting an injunction against enforcement of the 2023 Fetal Heartbeat and Protection from Abortion Act.”
https://www.sccourts.org/supremeRosters/dspSupRosterMenu.cfm

Video
When SC Supreme Court in Session
https://www.sccourts.org/scvideo/
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‘Re: Orwellian, Unjust, Pro-“Abortion”, Pro-Fornication, Pro-“Abortion”-Funding S474 Heartbeat Bill’
Christians for Personhood
http://christiansforpersonhood.com/index.php/2023/06/05/re-orwellian-unjust-pro-abortion-pro-fornication-pro-abortion-funding-s474-heartbeat-bill/

2023-2024 Bill S474:
“Abortion – Fetal Heartbeat”
https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/bills/474.htm

The Heartbeat Law (S474) is NOT a “pro-life” bill. Aside from the obvious huge “exception” of allowing ALL children in the womb to continue to be exterminated prior to about six weeks gestation, there are also multiple “exceptions” to a ban after six weeks.

Human Life begins at conception/fertilization, NOT at heartbeat, NOT at implantation.

Furthermore, this bill:

1) In Orwellian fashion, S474 falsely re-defines the term “Contraceptive” to include a drug or device that prevents implantation of the human embryo in the uterus, which occurs 6 to 12 days after conception/fertilization. This is FALSE. Prevention of implantation is not the work of contraception, but is actually an early “abortion” at about one week gestation.
[ Section 44-41-610.(4) “Contraceptive” ]

2) S474 CODIFIES the FUNDING of “abortion” in the State “Health” Insurance Plan in the cases of the “exceptions”. S474 is an “ABORTION” FUNDING bill.

3) S474 requires the State “Health” Insurance Plan to cover “contraceptives” [ which includes abortifacients according to the Orwellian re-definition of the term ] for the DEPENDENTS [ e.g., young adults ] of employees. S474 is a PRO-FORNICATION bill.

4) S474 requires all private, group, and HMO health insurance policies in the State of SC to cover “contraceptives” [ which by the Orwellian re-definition includes abortifacients ]. (There is a religious exemption.) So while S474 will likely DECREASE the number of surgical/RU486 “abortions”, S474 will also likely INCREASE the number of early abortifacient “birth control” [ Margaret Sanger’s term ] “abortions.”
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So, all in the name of “saving babies”, the incremental “abortion” regulation Heartbeat Law (S474) is also:

1) Orwellian;

2) Unjust;

3) Pro-“Abortion”;

4) Pro-Fornication; and

5)  Pro-“Abortion”-Funding

 

“Abortion” Photos
https://abortionno.org/abortion-photos/

 

Christian, do the “ends” justify the “means” ? No, that is jesuitical, not Biblical thinking.

 

Paul the apostle warned those who would do evil that “good” may come, writing in Scripture their “damnation is just”.
(See Romans 3:8, KJV)

 

The incremental “regulation” of “abortion” is by definition the PERPETUATION of “abortion”. And following the false leadership of those who advocate incrementalism instead of ABOLITION is leading us to destruction.
(See Isaiah 3:12; Isaiah 9:16, KJV)

 

William Lloyd Garrison
19th Century American Slavery Abolitionist

“… Has not the experience of two centuries shown that gradualism in theory is perpetuity in practice ?”
http://christianlifeandliberty.net/William-Lloyd-Garrison-For-Immediate-Abolition-The-Annals-Of-America-Volume-5-1821-1832.pdf

 

Likewise, …

Has not the experience of over 50 years shown that incrementalism in theory is the PERPETUATION of child-murder by “abortion” in practice ?

 

BEING “PRO-LIFE” MEANS AGREEING WITH GOD REGARDING THE SANCTITY OF HUMAN LIFE WHICH HE HAS CREATED.

 

God says,

“Thou shalt not kill (murder).”

Exodus 20:13, KJV
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American constitutional liberty and freedom will not survive unless Americans become a more virtuous people, NOT a less virtuous people.

 

“Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.”

John Adams

First Vice President of the U.S.
Second President of the U.S.

 

Those who advocate and insist on the “legalization” [sic] of child-murder in the womb in any measure, undermine the morals and virtue, and ultimately therefore the liberty of our State and Nation.

 

“Without Virtue There Can Be No Liberty”
– Founder* Benjamin Rush:
Christians for Personhood
http://christiansforpersonhood.com/index.php/2022/10/24/without-virtue-there-can-be-no-liberty-founder-benjamin-rush/
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“Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!”
Isaiah 5:20, KJV

Establish Justice Now !

Pass Personhood Now !

Steve Lefemine
ChristiansforPersonhood.com
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Notes:

June 24, 2023 is the one year anniversary of the Dobbs decision overturning Roe v Wade.

However South Carolina is still killing massive numbers of babies by surgical/RU486 “abortion”, still committing mass-genocide (an estimated 8,000+ children slaughtered inside their mothers’ wombs in SC since Dobbs), primarily at SC’s three child-extermination centers in Greenville, Columbia, and Charleston.

A smaller number of children are also killed at some of SC’s “hospitals”, including the “abortion” facility (facilities?) at SC State Government’s taxpayer-subsidized (over $100 Million State taxpayer dollars budgeted for FY 2023-2024) “Medical” University of SC (MUSC), which kills more children in the womb than any other “hospital” in the State ( 51 children in the womb reported killed at MUSC in 2021 –http://christianlifeandliberty.net/2022-07-24-SC-DHEC-Abortions-by-Occurrence-in-SC-2021.pdf ).

MUSC also trains OB/GYN residents how to kill babies by “abortion”. In other words, MUSC trains abortionists. This sin and crime against humanity is perpetrated through the:

Ryan Residency Training Program
College of Medicine
MUSC
https://medicine.musc.edu/departments/obgyn/education/residency/ryan-training

 

The MUSC Board of Trustees has 14 seats elected by the “Republican”-majority SC Legislature, as well as one seat appointed by the “Republican” SC Governor, who also has one ex officio seat.

SC Code of Laws
Title 59 – Chapter 123
The Medical University Of South Carolina
https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t59c123.php
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Re: Orwellian, Unjust, Pro-“Abortion”, Pro-Fornication, Pro-“Abortion”-Funding S474 Heartbeat Bill

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Re: Orwellian, Unjust, Pro-“Abortion”, Pro-Fornication, Pro-“Abortion”-Funding S474 Heartbeat Bill

The SC House significantly amended version of the S474 Six-Week Heartbeat Bill passed on May 17, 2023. The SC Senate concurred with this same House version on May 23, 2023.  SC Governor McMaster signed S474 into SC Law on Thursday, May 25.  The Heartbeat Law was blocked by a Circuit Court May 26.

S474 is NOT A PRO-LIFE BILL !  IT IS NOT EVEN A TRUTHFUL BILL, FALSIFYING THE DEFINITION OF THE PLAIN ENGLISH MEANING OF THE WORD “CONTRACEPTION” TO INCLUDE THE “ABORTION” OF A ONE-WEEK OR SO HUMAN EMBRYO “AFTER CONCEPTION” !!!  ORWELLIAN. THIS PERVERSION OF BASIC TRUTH IS DANGEROUS.

S474 – Section 44-41-610.  [ Note: This is the language when S474 first introduced in the Senate, 2/1/2023. ]
(4) “Contraceptive” means a drug, device, or chemical that prevents ovulation, conception, or the implantation of a fertilized ovum in a woman’s uterine wall after conception. [sic]        [ Emphasis added ]

[ This new, FALSE definition of “Contraceptive” in S474 perverts the current accurate South Carolina Law definition: Section 44-41-610. (2) “Contraceptive” means a drug, device, or chemical that prevents conception. ]

[ Scientifcally speaking, it is not a “fertilized ovum” which implants in the woman’s uterus 6 to 12 days after fertilization, but a 200 – 300 cell tiny human embryo termed a “blastocyst“.  S474 is neither scientifically correct, nor correct in its perversion of the plain English meaning of the word “Contraceptive”. ]
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FURTHERMORE:

1) In SECTION 3. / Section 44-41-90.(A):

S474 CODIFIES in permanent SC Law the FUNDING of certain “abortions” in the State Health Insurance Plan (instead of appearing annually in the State Budget, Section 108/PEBA, Part 1B Provisos).

S474 provides for FUNDING of “abortions” through the State Health Insurance Plan in the cases of so-called life/serious health of the mother [ despite the counter-indication of the www.DublinDeclaration.com ], rape/incest, and so-called fatal fetal anomaly [sic – euthanasia].

2) In SECTION 5. / Section 38-71-146

S474 mandates all private, group, and HMO insurance policies in the State cover “contraceptives” [sic], which consistent with the perversion of the definition of “contraceptive” also includes abortifacients, thereby likely INCREASING the number of early “abortions” by abortifacient birth control in South Carolina
(there is a religious exemption).

3) In SECTION 11.

S474 provides “contraceptives” [sic], which includes abortifacients, to the DEPENDENTS (e.g., young adults) of employees covered by the State “Health” Plan, with which to FORNICATE, facilitating corruption of the morals of youth, and likely INCREASING the number of early “abortions” by abortifacient birth control in South Carolina.

“Republican” near super-majority (30R – 16D) [65% R] SC Senate concurs with SC House Orwellian S474 Heartbeat Bill – May 23, 2023

Christians for Personhood
May 24, 2023
http://christiansforpersonhood.com/index.php/2023/05/24/republican-near-super-majority-30r-16d-65-r-sc-senate-concurs-with-sc-house-orwellian-s474-heartbeat-bill-may-23-2023/
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DESCRIPTION OF THREE KEY VOTES IN SC SENATE ON THE ORWELLIAN S474 HEARTBEAT BILL, MAY 23, 2023:

1) CLOTURE VOTE (UNDER SENATE RULE 15A) TO BLOCK FILIBUSTER AND BRING DEBATE TO END, 26 Y – 20 N (Note: 26 Yes votes were required for Cloture to Pass):

FOUR SC Senate RINO Pro-“Abortion” fake “Republicans” and ALL 16 Senate Democrats voted AGAINST CLOTURE [ Cloture Vote, May 23, 2023 ]:

Penry Gustafson  (KERSHAW)
Luke Rankin  (HORRY)
Sandy Senn  (CHARLESTON)
Katrina Shealy  (LEXINGTON)

In addition to all 16 Democrats.

 

2) VOTE ON “SISTER SENATORS”, RINO PRO-“ABORTIONISTS” KATRINA SHEALY, SANDY SENNN, PENRY GUSTAFSON‘S AMENDMENT (NO. 2A) TO CHANGE SIX-WEEK HEARTBEAT BILL TO TWELVE-WEEKS (Basically business-as-usual, first trimester “abortions” in South Carolina’s THREE ABORTION MILLS), 21 Y – 25 N (Amendment Failed):

FIVE SC Senate RINO Pro-“Abortion” fake “Republicans” and ALL 16 Senate Democrats voted FOR CHANGING SIX-WEEK HEARTBEAT BILL S474 TO TWELVE-WEEKS [ Vote on Amendment 2A, May 23, 2023 ]:

Tom Davis  (BEAUFORT)
Penry Gustafson  (KERSHAW)
Luke Rankin  (HORRY)
Sandy Senn  (CHARLESTON)
Katrina Shealy  (LEXINGTON)

In addition to all 16 Democrats.

 

3) FINAL SENATE VOTE ON ORWELLIAN S474 HEARTBEAT BILL, MAY 23, 2023:

THREE SC Senate “SISTER SENATORS” RINO Pro-“Abortion” fake “Republicans” and ALL 16 Senate Democrats voted AGAINST Concurring with House amended version of S474 [ Vote to Concur, May 23, 2023 ]; however the Senate Concurred 27Y – 19N, sending the ORWELLIAN S474 HEARTBEAT BILL to SC Governor:

Penry Gustafson  (KERSHAW)
Sandy Senn  (CHARLESTON)
Katrina Shealy  (LEXINGTON)

In addition to all 16 Democrats.
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ALL THREE VOTES 1) and 2) and 3) above are very telling.

In Vote 1), FOUR SC Senate RINO Pro-“Abortion” fake “Republicans” and ALL 16 Senate Democrats voted AGAINST Cloture.

In Vote 2), FIVE SC Senate RINO Pro-“Abortion” fake “Republicans” and ALL 16 Senate Democrats voted FOR CHANGING THE SIX-WEEK HEARTBEAT BILL S474 INTO A TWELVE-WEEK BILL.

In Vote 3), THREE SC Senate “SISTER SENATORS” RINO Pro-“Abortion” fake “Republicans” and ALL 16 Senate Democrats voted AGAINST Concurring with the House amended version of S474.
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2023 SC Legislature Establish Justice God's Law Incrementalism Justice Personhood SC Governor

“Republican” near super-majority (30R – 16D) [65% R] SC Senate concurs with SC House Orwellian S474 Heartbeat Bill – May 23, 2023

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SC State House
Columbia, SC

“Republican” near super-majority (30R – 16D) [65% R] SC Senate concurs with SC House Orwellian S474 Heartbeat Bill – May 23, 2023

By a vote of 27 Y – 19 N, with only the three pro-“abortion” RINO female senators (Gustafson, Senn, Shealy) voting No out of the 30 Republicans, the SC Senate concurred with the SC House Amendments to S474.
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So features of S474 in the final Bill as passed May 23, 2023 to be sent to the SC Governor include:

Notes:

1. Features 1) and 2) below were also part of the original SC Senate version of S474 passed February 9, 2023 by a vote of 28 Y to 12 N.
2. Features 3) and 4) and 5) were CHANGES ADDED in the SC House Judiciary Constitutional Laws Subcommittee as part of the Jordan (“/McCravy”) strike all and insert Amendment #1 on May 9, 2023, and were retained by the SC House of Representatives as passed on May 17, 2023 (May 16/17) by a vote of 82 Y to 33 N on Second Reading, and as passed on May 17, 2023 by a vote of 82 Y to 32 N on Third Reading. The Senate concurred with the House version on May 23, 2023 by a vote of 27 Y – 19 N (without further Amendments).

 

1) Bans “abortions” after about 6 weeks, with multiple “exceptions”, thereby DECREASING surgical and RU486 “abortions” in South Carolina.

2) Section 44-41-610.(4)

Re-defines the term “Contraceptive” in SC Law [ Section 44-41-610. ] to also include a drug, device, or chemical that prevents implantation in the uterus of a one-week old or so human being after conception (“blastocyst” of 200-300 cells), which is actually an early “abortion” . This re-definition is a perversion of medical science and is Orwellian.

3) SECTION 3. / Section 44-41-90.(A)

CODIFIES in permanent SC Law the FUNDING of certain “abortions” in the State Health Insurance Plan (instead of appearing annually in the State Budget, Section 108/PEBA, Part 1B Provisos).

S474 provides for FUNDING of “abortions” through the State Health Insurance Plan in the cases of so-called life/serious health of the mother [ despite the counter-indication of the www.DublinDeclaration.com ], rape/incest, and so-called fatal fetal “anomaly” [sic – euthanasia].

[ This after repeated Annual SC State Budget battles over many years in both the SC House and the SC Senate over the funding of State Health Insurance Plan “abortions”, going back well over a decade to at least 2010 in the SC House and SC Senate !!! ]

4) SECTION 5. / Section 38-71-146

Mandates all private, group, and HMO insurance policies in the State cover “contraceptives” [sic], which consistent with the perversion of the definition of “contraceptive” also includes abortifacients, thereby likely INCREASING the number of early “abortions” by abortifacient birth control in South Carolina (there is a religious exemption).

5) SECTION 11.

Provides “contraceptives”‘ [sic], which includes abortifacients, to the DEPENDENTS (e.g., young adults) of employees covered by the State “Health” Plan, with which to FORNICATE, facilitating corruption of the morals of youth, and likely INCREASING the number of early “abortions” by abortifacient birth control in South Carolina.


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Therefore:

1) S474 once again incrementally regulates [ PERPETUATES ] the murder of children in the womb; S474 is NOT a “pro-life” bill, it is a pro-“abortion” bill.

2) ORWELLIAN S474 HEARTBEAT BILL INCLUDES FALSELY DEFINING “CONTRACEPTIVE” AS ALSO PREVENTING IMPLANTATION, WHICH OCCURS ONE WEEK OR SO AFTER CONCEPTION !!!

HOW CAN A CONTRACEPTIVE BE DEFINED AS WORKING AFTER CONCEPTION !!!???

AS A RESULT, S474 IN EFFECT, ALTHOUGH NOT EXPLICITLY STATED, IS THEREFORE EFFECTUATING A FALSE DEFINITION FOR EARLY ACTUAL ONE-WEEK OR SO “ABORTIONS” AS CONTRACEPTION !!!

THIS IS ORWELLIAN. THIS RE-DEFINITION OF “CONTRACEPTIVE” TO INCLUDE ABORTIFACIENT FUNCTIONALITY VIOLATES TRUE BIOLOGY, TRUE SCIENCE, AND PLAIN ENGLISH.

Human life begins at conception/fertilization, NOT implantation.

“… JUSTICE STANDETH AFAR OFF; FOR TRUTH IS FALLEN IN THE STREET”  Isaiah 59:14, KJV

“THERE IS NO TRUTH, …, NOR KNOWLEDGE OF GOD IN THE LAND.  Hosea 4:2, KJV

3) S474 codifies in permanent SC Law the FUNDING of certain “abortions” in the State “Health” Plan; S474 is NOT a “pro-life” bill, it is a pro-“abortion”-FUNDING bill.

4) S474 mandates birth control, including abortifacients, to be covered by all private, group, and HMO insurance policies in the State (there is a religious exemption), thereby likely INCREASING abortifacient birth control “abortions” in South Carolina; S474 is NOT a pro-life bill, it is a pro-“abortion” bill.

5) S474 provides birth control, including abortifacients, to the DEPENDENTS (e.g. young adults) of employees on the State “Health” Plan, facilitating FORNICATION by young people, and likely INCREASING abortifacient birth control “abortions” in South Carolina; S474 is NOT a pro-chastity bill, it is a pro-fornication bill; S474 is NOT a pro-life bill, it is a pro-“abortion” bill.
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2023-2024 Bill S474

https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=474

https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/bills/474.htm

https://www.scstatehouse.gov//sess125_2023-2024/prever/474_20230523.htm
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Paul the apostle, under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, warned against doing evil that good may come (see Romans 3:8, KJV).

The ends do NOT justify the means. That is jesuitical, not Biblical thinking.

The Bible says,
“Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter !
Isaiah 5:20, KJV
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We have known how to END “abortion” for over 50 years; it’s written right in the text of the 1973 Roe v Wade Opinion*:  PERSONHOOD.

* [ IX. A. ] “If this suggestion of personhood is established, the appellant’s [pro-“abortion”] case, of course, collapses, [410 U.S. 113, 157]   for the fetus’ right to life would then be guaranteed specifically by the Amendment.”

When the true church of the Lord Jesus Christ agrees with God and unites around the purpose of Establishing Justice (and not just incrementally regulating “abortion” to try to “save babies”), then child-murder by “abortion” will END.

What is the chief purpose of man ?  It is to GLORIFY GOD.
Romans 11:36; I Corinthians 10:31, KJV

Does this Bill S474 Glorify God ?  How can it when it violates His Word in so many ways [ e.g., Exodus 20:13; Matthew 19:18; 1 Corinthians 6:9,10,18, KJV ]

God says,
“Thou shalt not kill (murder).”
Exodus 20:13, KJV

William Blackstone
Commentaries on the Laws of England (1765-1769)
[ excerpts, emphasis added ]

INTRODUCTION
Sect. 2:  Of the Nature of Laws in General

English jurist William Blackstone wrote over 250 years ago:

“Upon these two foundations, the law of nature and the law of revelation, depend all human laws; that is to say, no human laws should be suffered to contradict these.”

He described the revealed or divine law thusly:

“The doctrines thus delivered we call the revealed or divine law, and they are to be found only in the holy scriptures.”

Blackstone specifically addressed the crime of murder:

“To instance in the case of murder: this is expressly forbidden by the divine, and demonstrably by the natural law; and, from these prohibitions, arises the true unlawfulness of this crime. … Nay, if any human law should allow or injoin us to commit it, we are bound to transgress that human law, or else we must offend both the natural and the divine.”

This Bill S474 allows the crime of murder to be committed. S474 is therefore an offense to “both the natural and the divine”.

The Bible says,
“Where there is no vision, the people perish: …”
Proverbs 29:18, KJV

ESTABLISH JUSTICE NOW !!!

PASS PERSONHOOD NOW !!!

2022 “Personhood Act of South Carolina”

H5401, S1335.

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‘ORWELLIAN S474 HEARTBEAT BILL INCLUDES FALSELY DEFINING “CONTRACEPTIVE” AS ALSO PREVENTING IMPLANTATION, WHICH OCCURS APPROX. ONE WEEK AFTER CONCEPTION !!! // AS A RESULT, S474 IN EFFECT, ALTHOUGH NOT EXPLICITLY STATED, IS THEREFORE EFFECTUATING A FALSE DEFINITION FOR EARLY ACTUAL ONE-WEEK OR SO “ABORTIONS” AS CONTRACEPTION !!!’

Christians for Personhood
May 13, 2023
Corrected/Revised/Edited May 14, 2023
http://christiansforpersonhood.com/index.php/2023/05/13/orwellian-s474-heartbeat-bill-includes-falsely-defining-contraceptive-as-also-preventing-implantation-which-occurs-approx-one-week-after-conception/
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“Republican” super-majority SC House passes Orwellian S474 Heartbeat Bill – May 17, 2023

Christians for Personhood
May 22, 2023
http://christiansforpersonhood.com/index.php/2023/05/22/republican-super-majority-sc-house-passes-orwellian-s474-heartbeat-bill-may-17-2023/
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‘America’s Founding: “… the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God – Establish Justice, Pass Personhood Now !!!’

Christians for Personhood
June 20, 2022
http://christiansforpersonhood.com/index.php/2022/06/20/americas-founding-the-laws-of-nature-and-of-natures-god-establish-justice-pass-personhood-now/

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“Republican” super-majority SC House passes Orwellian S474 Heartbeat Bill – May 17, 2023

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Columbia, SC
SC State House
May 17, 2023

“Republican” super-majority SC House passes Orwellian S474 Heartbeat Bill – May 17, 2023
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HORMONAL BIRTH CONTROL WORKS BOTH CONTRACEPTIVELY AND ABORTIFACIENTLY.

S474 Heartbeat Bill as passed by the South Carolina House May 17, 2023 will DECREASE surgical/RU486 “abortions” recorded in South Carolina.

However S474 Heartbeat Bill will also likely INCREASE “abortions” caused by abortifacient birth control drugs and devices.

Human Life begins at conception/fertilization, NOT implantation.
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S474 tells a BIG LIE in Section 44-41-610.(4) by FALSELY including in the definition of “Contraceptive” a drug, device, or chemical that prevents “the implantation of a fertilized ovum* in a woman’s uterine wall after conception.” THAT IS NOT THE ACTION OF A CONTRACEPTIVE. THAT IS THE ACTION OF AN ABORTIFACIENT. THAT IS AN EARLY “ABORTION” AT ABOUT ONE WEEK OR SO AFTER CONCEPTION/FERTILIZATION. Notice in the definition of “Contraceptive” itself, it says, “AFTER CONCEPTION”. For S474 to claim a drug, device, or chemical that works AFTER CONCEPTION is somehow to be called a “Contraceptive” is ORWELLIAN. IT IS A LIE.

* This definition is further in medical, biological, and scientific ERROR by stating it is a “fertilized ovum” that implants in the woman’s uterine wall. That also is FALSE. It is NOT a one-celled “fertilized ovum” but a 200-300 cell human embryo termed a “blastocyst” which implants in the endometrial lining of the woman’s uterus at 6 to 12 days AFTER conception/fertilization. This human embryo is living and exhibiting cell division (mitosis) as it has grown from a one-cell fertilized ovum into a 200-300 cell blastocyst at the time of implantation about one-week or so AFTER CONCEPTION/FERTILIZATION.

‘Implantation (embryology)’
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Implantation_(embryology)

‘Blastocyst’
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blastocyst

2023-2024 Bill S474
Text of Version passed by SC House on Second Reading May 16, 2023
https://www.scstatehouse.gov//sess125_2023-2024/prever/474_20230517.htm
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God says,
“My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: …”
Hosea 4:6a, KJV

Steve Lefemine
ChristiansforPersonhood.com
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“The Protest of a Protestant Minister Against Birth Control”
Matt Trewhella, pastor
Mercy Seat Christian Church
Wisconsin
http://mercyseat.net/2011/03/15/protest-birth-control
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“CHEMICAL ABORTION” [ Brochure ]
Pastors For Life
Easley, South Carolina
1996
http://christianlifeandliberty.net/2021-12-17-CHEMICAL-ABORTION-Pastors-For-Life-Easley-SC-1996.pdf
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“The Pill” [ Brochure ]
by Joan Appleton, RN
May 1995
http://christianlifeandliberty.net/2021-04-09-The-Pill-brochure-Joan-Appleton-RN.pdf
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“THE PILL” [ Flyer ]
Updated February 2003
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Office of Public Health and Science
Office of Population Affairs
http://christianlifeandliberty.net/2021-04-09-THE-PILL-US-Dept-of-Health-and-Human-Services-Updated-Feb-2003.pdf
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‘Abortifacient Brief: The Intrauterine Device’
Human Life International
January 5, 2022
https://www.hli.org/resources/abortifacient-brief-intrauterine-device/
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Generations Radio:
‘Do Your Pastors Oppose Abortion?
– Should Church Take a Stand Against Abortifacients?’
Kevin Swanson
August 31, 2020

Series: ‘Should Churches Take a Stand?’
www.sermonaudio.com/solo/generations/sermons/8312024191319

COVENANT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (CPC) RESOLUTION ON ABORTIFACIENTS
CPC Documents
www.covenant-presbyterian.org/standards

“Resolution on Abortifacients“
August 18, 2020
http://christianlifeandliberty.net/Abortifacient-Resolution-Covenant-Presbyterian-Church-Resolution-Aug-20-2020.pdf

Generations Radio and Covenant Presbyterian Church denomination Resolution re: ABORTIFACIENTS
http://christiansforpersonhood.com/index.php/2023/02/21/generations-radio-and-covenant-presbyterian-church-denomination-resolution-re-abortifacients-2/
Resolution states:
– Deaths of 6,750,000 babies per year caused by intrauterine devices (IUD’s) in the United States.
– Studies have found the Plan B pill acts as an abortifacient 80 – 92% of the time.
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‘Yes, Some Contraceptives Are Abortifacients’
National Review
November 4, 2016
https://www.nationalreview.com/2016/11/contraception-birth-control-abortion-abortifacients-ella-plan-b-iud-embryo-life/

Excerpts:

“Pro-abortion-rights activists employ a neat semantic trick to evade and ignore the scientific details of abortifacient drugs: redefining “pregnancy” to mean “the implantation of an embryo in the uterine lining.” Thus any drug that prevents implantation of an existing embryo prevents pregnancy rather than aborting an existing one. Semantics aside, the crucial, underlying question is whether these birth-control methods cause embryonic death.”

“As Donna Harrison has explained at NRO, an IUD’s manipulation of the hormone progesterone causes a woman’s body to reject any embryo that might be formed after ovulation, rather than wholly stopping ovulation from occurring. The copper material in some IUDs has been shown to be toxic to an embryo, leading to its death or, if it survives, abnormal development. Furthermore, an IUD’s manipulation of the uterine lining accounts for the fact that, among women who become pregnant while using an IUD, there is a high rate of ectopic pregnancy, in which the embryo implants somewhere outside the uterus.”
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‘ORWELLIAN S474 HEARTBEAT BILL INCLUDES FALSELY DEFINING “CONTRACEPTIVE” AS ALSO PREVENTING IMPLANTATION, WHICH OCCURS APPROX. ONE WEEK AFTER CONCEPTION !!! // AS A RESULT, S474 IN EFFECT, ALTHOUGH NOT EXPLICITLY STATED, IS THEREFORE EFFECTUATING A FALSE DEFINITION FOR EARLY ACTUAL ONE-WEEK OR SO “ABORTIONS” AS CONTRACEPTION !!!’

Christians for Personhood
May 13, 2023
Corrected/Revised/Edited May 14, 2023
http://christiansforpersonhood.com/index.php/2023/05/13/orwellian-s474-heartbeat-bill-includes-falsely-defining-contraceptive-as-also-preventing-implantation-which-occurs-approx-one-week-after-conception/
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God says,
“Thou shalt not kill (murder).”
Exodus 20:13, KJV