SC Supreme Court
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/