Category Archives: 2022 SC Legislature

G3 Ministries Article / May 12 “Pro-Life” [sic] Industry Open Letter / Pre-1970 “Abortion” Law in SC / NRLC’s Romish Origin / Roman Catholicism Is Why “Abortion” Stayed “Legal” /  Personhood Vision for All 50 States and the United States

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G3 Ministries Article / May 12 “Pro-Life” [sic] Industry Open Letter / Pre-1970 “Abortion” Law in SC / NRLC’s Romish Origin /
Roman Catholicism Is Why “Abortion” Stayed “Legal” / Personhood Vision for All 50 States and the United States
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‘The Debate over Criminalizing Abortion Has Reached Its ‘Council of Trent’ Moment’
Article by G3 Ministries Leadership
MAY 17, 2022
https://g3min.org/the-debate-over-criminalizing-abortion-has-reached-its-council-of-trent-moment
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Christian Life and Liberty:

May 12 Open Letter from “Pro-Life” [sic] Industry Establishment opposing Louisiana Personhood Abolition Bill HB 813 because it criminalized women who have their babies killed
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May 12, 2022
“An Open Letter to State Lawmakers from America’s Leading [sic] Pro-Life [sic] Organizations”
https://www.nrlc.org/uploads/communications/051222coalitionlettertostates.pdf
“To all State Legislators in the United States of America, …”
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Among the 80+ signers of this May 12 Open Letter opposing the Louisiana Personhood Abolition Bill HB 813 were:

Lisa Van Riper
President

Holly Gatling
Executive Director

South Carolina Citizens for Life

(SC chapter of National Right to Life]

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PRESS RELEASE
‘Joint Open Letter: Criminalizing Women Who Have Abortions is Not Pro-Life’
May 12, 2022
https://www.nrlc.org/communications/releases/2022/051222openletter/
JOINT LETTER FROM MORE THAN 70 LEADING [sic] PRO-LIFE [sic] ORGANIZATIONS:
Criminalizing women who have abortions is not pro-life
[sic]

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Pre-1970 “Abortion” Law in SC

See below the pre-1970 South Carolina Law code sections criminalizing “abortion” with no exceptions in the case of pre “quickening” babies [SC Code Section 16-83]; and with one exception in the case of post “quickening” babies [SC Code Section 16-82]. There was also a separate, specific code section criminalizing the woman who solicits for an abortion, with one exception [SC Code Section 16-84].

Code of Laws Of South Carolina – 1962
Title 16.  –  CRIMES AND OFFENSES.
Chapter 3.  –  OFFENSES AGAINST THE PERSON.
Article 4.  –  Rape, Abortion, etc.

 
Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1962
Pre-1970 “Abortion” Law in South Carolina
http://christianlifeandliberty.net/Code-Of-Laws-Of-South-Carolina-1962-Volume-4-Title-16-Abortion.pdf
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National Right to Life Committee’s Romish Origin

National Right to Life Committee (NRLC) was originally organized in 1968 under the auspices of the then-National Conference of [Roman] Catholic Bishops; NRLC became officially autonomous in 1973.
http://christianlifeandliberty.net/2010-07-26-National-Right-to-Life-Comm-originally-founded-1968-under-auspices-of-Natl-Conf-of-Catholic-Bishops.doc
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‘This Is Why “Abortion” Is Still “Legal”:
Roman Catholicism’

End Abortion Now
Feb 5, 2018
https://endabortionnow.com/video_posts/this-is-why-abortion-is-still-legal-roman-catholicism

Video (5:49)
ENDABORTIONNOW.COM
#ThisIsWhy Abortion Is Legal: Catholic gospel
https://youtu.be/n-9zuB6tO-4
Feb 1, 2018  

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ESTABLISH JUSTICE !

PASS PERSONHOOD NOW !

H5401, S1335
(scstatehouse.gov)

 

God says,

“Thou shalt not kill (murder).”

Exodus 20:13, KJV

 

This battle in the United States of America for the Sanctity of the Creator God-given, inherent, unalienable, right to life of ALL human beings as natural persons, beginning at fertilization, was not over on June 24, 2022 when the US Supreme Court issued the Dobbs ruling and Opinion; and it will not be over until Creator God-given, inherent, unalienable, natural PERSONHOOD, at fertilization, with no exceptions, is recognized and established in the State Constitutions of all 50 States, and in the Constitution of the United States,
SO HELP US GOD; because God says, “Thou Shalt Not Kill (Murder).” Exodus 20:13, KJV.

Christians for Personhood
Columbia, South Carolina

ChristiansforPersonhood.com

 

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ROE v. WADE OPINION (1973) Footnote #54: 1) Life of the Mother Issue and 2) Criminalization

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ROE v. WADE OPINION (1973)
Footnote #54: 1) Life of the Mother Issue and 2) Criminalization
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Roe v. Wade Opinion (1973)
Footnote #54
http://christianlifeandliberty.net/2022-08-09-Roe-v-Wade-complete-FN-54.pdf

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United States Supreme Court
ROE v. WADE (1973)
No. 70-18
Argued: December 13, 1971  [ Second Oral Argument October 11, 1972  – Audio at oyez.org]
Decided: January 22, 1973
https://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-supreme-court/410/113.html

[ Footnote 54 ] When Texas urges that a fetus is entitled to Fourteenth Amendment protection as a person, it faces a dilemma. Neither in Texas nor in any other State are all abortions prohibited. Despite broad proscription, an exception always exists. The exception contained [410 U.S. 113, 158]   in Art. 1196, for an abortion procured or attempted by medical advice for the purpose of saving the life of the mother, is typical. But if the fetus is a person who is not to be deprived of life without due process of law, and if the mother’s condition is the sole determinant, does not the Texas exception appear to be out of line with the Amendment’s command?  [ emphasis added ]

There are other inconsistencies between Fourteenth Amendment status and the typical abortion statute. It has already been pointed out, n. 49, supra, that in Texas the woman is not a principal or an accomplice with respect to an abortion upon her. If the fetus is a person, why is the woman not a principal or an accomplice? Further, the penalty for criminal abortion specified by Art. 1195 is significantly less than the maximum penalty or murder prescribed by Art. 1257 of the Texas Penal Code. If the fetus is a person, may the penalties be different?
[ emphasis added ]
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Science Photos
https://thelifeinstitute.net/learning-centre/life/science-photos

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‘Re: ECTOPIC PREGNANCIES
– Unethical versus Ethical Methods of Treatment’
http://christiansforpersonhood.com/index.php/2022/07/29/re-ectopic-pregnancies-unethical-versus-ethical-methods-of-treatment

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Bookmark
– 6 Week Unborn Child
– Life Cycle Books
https://www.lifecyclebooks.com/usa/product/bookmark-6-week-unborn-child-pack-of-100

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Dublin Declaration on Maternal Healthcare
(Sept 2012)
http://christiansforpersonhood.com/index.php/2022/07/18/dublin-declaration-on-maternal-healthcare-september-2012

DUBLINDECLARATION.COM

Over 1,000 Medical Field Signers

Three sentences:

1) “As experienced practitioners and researchers in obstetrics and gynaecology, we affirm that direct abortion — the purposeful destruction of the unborn child — is not medically necessary to save the life of a woman.”

2) “We uphold that there is a fundamental difference between abortion, and necessary medical treatments that are carried out to save the life of the mother, even if such treatment results in the loss of life of her unborn child.”

3) “We confirm that the prohibition of abortion does not affect, in any way, the availability of optimal care to pregnant women.”
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Christians for Personhood Note:

The Dublin Declaration affirms it is NOT MEDICALLY NECESSARY to purposefully destroy the baby by direct “abortion” to save the life of the mother.

However, above and beyond this thankful medical consideration that we NEED NOT, is the moral and ethical consideration that we MUST NOT ever intentionally destroy an innocent life; and therefore, under God, we CAN NOT, and SHALL NOT, do so,
because…

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

ChristiansforPersonhood.com

Video Archives: SC House Judiciary Special Laws Subcommittee and full SC House Judiciary Committee (“Abortion” Ban Legislation) – August 16, 2022

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Video Archives: SC House Judiciary Special Laws Subcommittee
and full SC House Judiciary Committee (“Abortion” Ban Legislation)
– August 16, 2022
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Video Archive:

SC House Judiciary Special Laws Subcommittee
(“Abortion” Ban Legislation)

Subcommittee Meeting and Vote
( 3 to 1 to Adopt Recommended Language as an Amendment to H5399 )
August 16, 2022

Blatt House Office Building
Room 110

State House Grounds
Columbia, South Carolina

https://scstatehouse.gov/video/archives.php?key=12484&part=1
Video – 51:35 ( Begin 49:10 for Voting on Adoption of Recommended Language as an Amendment to H5399 )
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Video – Begin 7:20
Special Laws Subcommittee Chairman Representative John McCravy:
“As stated earlier, the current Fetal Heartbeat Bill as well as this proposed language allowed any legitimate healthcare procedure necessary to prevent the death or serious bodily impairment of the mother. In this proposed language, the Committee takes this clarity to a new level, by giving examples of medical conditions that are presumed to threaten the life or serious health of the mother.”  [ emphasis added ]

 

Video – Begin 7:45
Special Laws Subcommittee Chairman Representative John McCravy:
“At the same time, the proposed language makes it perfectly clear that anytime a live in utero preborn child must be separated from the mother to preserve her life or health, the child may not be killed in the womb before being separated, unless there’s no other way to save the mother’s life or serious health.”  [ emphasis added ]

 

Christians for Personhood Note: The 2012 Dublin Declaration on Maternal Health ( DublinDeclaration.com ) affirms it is NOT MEDICALLY NECESSARY to purposefully destroy the baby by direct “abortion” to save the life of the mother [ abortion – the purposeful destruction of the unborn child – is not medically necessary to save the life of a woman.” Dublin Declaration ]. However, above and beyond this thankful medical consideration that we NEED NOT, is the moral and ethical consideration that we MUST NOT ever intentionally destroy an innocent life; and therefore, under God, we CAN NOT, and SHALL NOT, do so, because God says, “Thou shalt not kill (murder).” Exodus 20:13, KJV.

Therefore, the Recommended Language for H5399, as adopted by the Ad Hoc Committee by a 9 [8R,1D] to 3 [3D] vote on July 19, 2022; and as adopted unchanged as an Amendment to H5399 by the House Judiciary Special Laws Subcommittee by a 3 [3R] to 1 [1D] vote on August 16, 2022; and as passed favorably unchanged as H5399, as amended, by the full House Judiciary Committee by a 13 [13R] to 7 [7D] and 5 Not Voting [3R, 2D] vote later on August 16, 2022, in this particular of allowing the INTENTIONAL KILLING OF AN INNOCENT PREBORN CHILD, IS UNETHICAL, IMMORAL, UNJUST, AND UNBIBLICAL. No Bible-believing Christian should support this Recommended Language which is now the language for the amended form of H5399 with this provision for INTENTIONAL KILLING. Where in the Holy Scriptures is mankind given the authority under God to intentionally take a judicially innocent life ?

 

From Recommended Language:
Section 44-41-830.

(C) It is presumed that the following medical conditions constitute a substantial risk of death or substantial risk of a substantial and irreversible physical impairment of a major bodily function of a pregnant woman: molar pregnancy, partial molar pregnancy, blighted ovum, ectopic pregnancy, severe preeclampsia, HELLP syndrome, abruptio placentae, severe maternal trauma, uterine rupture, intrauterine fetal demise, and miscarriage. However, when an unborn child is alive in utero, the physician must make all reasonable efforts to deliver and save the life of an unborn child during the process of separating the unborn child from the pregnant woman, to the extent it does not adversely affect the life or health of the pregnant woman, and in a manner consistent with reasonable medical practice. The enumeration of the medical conditions in this subsection is not intended to exclude or abrogate other conditions that satisfy the exclusions of subsection (A) or prevent other procedures that are not included in the definition of abortion in Section 44-41-810.
[ emphasis added ]
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Video – Begin 14:40
Special Laws Subcommittee Chairman Representative John McCravy:
“All preborn lives matter in this bill, and all innocent lives are protected, regardless of the circumstances of conception or disability.”

Christians for Personhood Note: FALSE. ALL innocent lives are absolutely NOT protected in this bill.
– Human Life begins at conception/fertilization, NOT at the point of “clinically diagnosable pregnancy” which is the point at which protection begins in this bill (Section 44-41-810.).
– While giving priority to delivering and saving the life of the unborn child in the circumstance of the mother’s life/serious health being at risk, this bill nevertheless still allows for a “permitted abortion” (Section 44-41-830.(B)).

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Video Archive:

SC House Full Judiciary Committee
(“Abortion” Ban Legislation)

Committee Meeting and Vote
( 13 [13R] to 7 [7D] and 5 Not Voting [3R, 2D] on Favorable Passage of H5399 as amended with the Recommended Language )
August 16, 2022

Blatt House Office Building
Room 110

State House Grounds
Columbia, South Carolina

https://scstatehouse.gov/video/archives.php?key=12485&part=1
Video – 1:52:48 ( Begin 1:50:10 for Voting on Favorable Passage of H5399 as amended with the Recommended Language  )

Video – Begin 6:35
Representative John McCravy:
“At the same time, the proposed language makes it perfectly clear that anytime a live in utero preborn child must be separated from the mother to preserve her life or health, the child may not be killed in the womb before being separated, unless there’s no other way to save the mother’s life or serious health. In other words, these procedures may not be used as an excuse to kill a living preborn child. This language is consistent with the position of … pro-life [?] OB/GYN’s who state there is almost never a reason to terminate the life of a child before separating it from the mother.”  [ emphasis added ]

 

Christians for Personhood Note: The 2012 Dublin Declaration on Maternal Health ( DublinDeclaration.com ) affirms it is NOT MEDICALLY NECESSARY to purposefully destroy the baby by direct “abortion” to save the life of the mother [ abortion – the purposeful destruction of the unborn child – is not medically necessary to save the life of a woman.” Dublin Declaration ]. However, above and beyond this thankful medical consideration that we NEED NOT, is the moral and ethical consideration that we MUST NOT ever intentionally destroy an innocent life; and therefore, under God, we CAN NOT, and SHALL NOT, do so, because God says, “Thou shalt not kill (murder).” Exodus 20:13, KJV.

Therefore, the Recommended Language for H5399, as adopted by the Ad Hoc Committee by a 9 [8R,1D] to 3 [3D] vote on July 19, 2022; and as adopted unchanged as an Amendment to H5399 by the House Judiciary Special Laws Subcommittee by a 3 [3R] to 1 [1D] vote on August 16, 2022; and as passed favorably unchanged as H5399, as amended, by the full House Judiciary Committee by a 13 [13R] to 7 [7D] and 5 Not Voting [3R, 2D] vote later on August 16, 2022, in this particular of allowing the INTENTIONAL KILLING OF AN INNOCENT PREBORN CHILD, IS UNETHICAL, IMMORAL, UNJUST, AND UNBIBLICAL. No Bible-believing Christian should support this Recommended Language which is now the language for the amended form of H5399 with this provision for INTENTIONAL KILLING. Where in the Holy Scriptures is mankind given the authority under God to intentionally take a judicially innocent life ?
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Video – Begin 14:20
Representative John McCravy:
“All preborn lives matter in this bill, and all innocent lives are protected, regardless of the circumstances of conception or disability.”

Christians for Personhood Note: FALSE. ALL innocent lives are absolutely NOT protected in this bill.
– Human Life begins at conception/fertilization, NOT at the point of “clinically diagnosable pregnancy” which is the point at which protection begins in this bill (Section 44-41-810.).
– While giving priority to delivering and saving the life of the unborn child in the circumstance of the mother’s life/serious health being at risk, this bill nevertheless still allows for a “permitted abortion” (Section 44-41-830.(B)).
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[ Flyer ] Dr. C. Everett Koop Pediatric Surgeon Former United States Surgeon General (1982-1989):

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[ Flyer ] Dr. C. Everett Koop
Pediatric Surgeon
Former United States Surgeon General
(1982-1989):

“Protection of the life of the mother as an excuse for an abortion is a smoke screen. In my 36 years in pediatric surgery I have never known of one instance where the child had to be aborted to save the mother’s life.”

[Flyer]
http://christianlifeandliberty.net/2022-08-12-Dr-C-Everett-Koop-photo-with-quote.pdf

http://christiansforpersonhood.com/index.php/2022/07/14/dr-c-everett-koop-pediatric-surgeon-former-united-states-surgeon-general-1982-1989-protection-of-the-life-of-the-mother-as-an-excuse-for-an-abortion-is-a-smokescreen-in-my-36-years-in-pediat
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Further quotation from Dr. Koop is even also posted on the National Right to Life Committee website (nrlc.org):
https://www.nrlc.org/archive/abortion/pba/HowOftenAbortionNecessarySaveMother.pdf

So why does the National Right to Life Committee’s “model” [sic] post-Roe “abortion” law allow for a [ medically unnecessary – see DublinDeclaration.com, signed by over 1,000 medical field signatories ] “life of the mother” exception ?

National Right to Life Post-Roe “Model” [sic] “Abortion” Law
James Bopp, Jr., NRLC General Counsel, et al.
June 15, 2022
https://www.nrlc.org/wp-content/uploads/NRLC-Post-Roe-Model-Abortion-Law-FINAL-1.pdf
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God says,
“Thou shalt not kill (murder).”
Exodus 20:13, KJV

ESTABLISH JUSTICE.

PASS PERSONHOOD NOW; NO EXCEPTIONS.

Personhood Act of SC
H5401, S1335
(scstatehouse.gov)

Tell your SC House and SC Senate members “Vote No” to SC House Ad Hoc Committee Recommended Language for H5399 which explicitly allows “permitted abortion” IAW circumstances described in Sec 44-41-830:
https://scstatehouse.gov/CommitteeInfo/HouseAdHocDobbsVsJackson/5399%20Ad%20Hoc%20Recommendations%20-%20Finalized.pdf

Neither does this Ad Hoc Committee Recommended Language protect the Sanctity of Human Life beginning at conception, but only at time of “clinically diagnosable pregnancy”. [Sec 44-41-810.(1)]

The SC House Ad Hoc Committee Bill is NOT a Pro-Life Bill !
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ChristiansforPersonhood.com
Columbia, South Carolina

PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN – Personhood Proclamation – January 14, 1988

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PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN
Personhood Proclamation
January 14, 1988
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RONALD REAGAN

40th President of the United States: 1981-1989
Proclamation 5761
National Sanctity of Human Life Day, 1988
January 14, 1988

By the President of the United States of America

A Proclamation

[Excerpts]

“The unalienable right to life is found not only in the Declaration of Independence but also in the Constitution that every President is sworn to preserve, protect, and defend. Both the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments guarantee that no person shall be deprived of life without due process of law.”

“Our Nation cannot continue down the path of abortion, so radically at odds with our history, our heritage, and our concepts of justice. This sacred legacy, and the wellbeing and the future of our country, demand that protection of the innocents must be guaranteed and that the personhood of the unborn be declared and defended throughout our land.”

“Now, Therefore, I, Ronald Reagan, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim and declare the unalienable personhood of every American, from the moment of conception until natural death, …”
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https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/proclamation-5761-national-sanctity-human-life-day-1988

https://www.reaganlibrary.gov/archives/speech/proclamation-5761-national-sanctity-human-life-day-1988

https://www.issues4life.org/pdfs/proclamation-5761-national-sanctity-of-human-life-day-19880114.pdf

https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/STATUTE-102/pdf/STATUTE-102-Pg4947.pdf

http://christianlifeandliberty.net/Reagan-Proclamation-5761-National-Sanctity-of-Human-Life-Day-JAN-14-1988-STATUTE-102-Pg-4947.pdf
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ARE THE UNBORN PEOPLE ?

ARE THE UNBORN PERSONS ?

ESTABLISH JUSTICE !

PASS PERSONHOOD NOW !

Personhood Act of SC
H5401, S1335
(scstatehouse.gov)

God says,

“Thou shalt not kill (murder).”

Exodus 20:13, KJV

ChristiansforPersonhood.com
Columbia, South Carolina