of Right to Life Act of SC
Republican Chairman of the Constitutional Laws Subcommittee, Rep. Greg Delleney (R Chester) statements indicate he is not intending to hold a public hearing during current Legislative Session ending June 7
Please contact Rep. Delleney immediately, and ask him to hold a public hearing for the Right to Life Act of SC in his Subcommittee as soon as possible, not later than May 10.
Representative F. Gregory "Greg" Delleney, Jr.
District 43 - Chester & York Cos.
www.scstatehouse.net/members/bios/0463636308.html
Contact Address:
(H) P.O. Drawer 808, Chester, 29706
(127 West End, Chester, 29706)
Bus. (803) 581-2211
Home (803) 385-3580
(C) 532C Blatt Bldg., Columbia, 29211
Bus. (803) 734-3074
E-Mail Address: fgd@schouse.org
FAX: (803) 734-2925 (put "To: Rep. Greg Delleney" at the top of the page faxed)
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2007:
The Right to Life Act of SC (H.3284) presently has 34 co-sponsors in the SC House.
(not including Rep. Greg Delleney (R-Chester), chairman of the ConLaws Subcommittee)www.scstatehouse.net/sess117_2007-2008/bills/3284.htm
2005 Background:
Rep. Delleney's co-sponsorship and defense of the Right to Life Act of SC in the 2005/2006 Legislative Session (H.3213):
Rep. Delleney was a co-sponsor of the Right to Life Act of SC in 2005 (H.3213), and articulately explained and defended the bill in the full House Judiciary Committee on April 5, 2005.
H.3213 - Right to Life Act of SC - 2005/2006 Legislative Session
52 co-sponsors (including Rep. Greg Delleney (R-Chester), chairman of the ConLaws Subcomm.)
www.scstatehouse.net/sess116_2005-2006/bills/3213.htm
To listen to audio recording of April 5, 2005 full House Judiciary Committee debate on H.3213, when Rep. Delleney articulately explained and defended the Right to Life Act of SC, go to the home page of http://www.christianlifeandliberty.net/ and click on:
SC House Judiciary Committee, April 5, 2005 - H.3213
Following debate, bill passed favorably by vote of 15 - 5 (roll call)
The Attorney General of SC Legal Opinion dated March 30, 2005 stated the Right to Life Act of SC is constitutional on its face, though would have to be adjudicated if applied to abortion. To see the SC A/G's written opinion, go to # 23 on the 'RTL Act of SC' page of http://www.christianlifeandliberty.net/:
Legal Opinion (2005) of South Carolina Attorney General on the Right to Life Act of SC
"Accordingly, it is our opinion that the Right to Life Act is constitutional."
On the floor of the SC House on April 13, 2005, to the surprise of Columbia Christians for Life and Voice of the Unborn, Rep. Delleney acting as floor manager for the bill, accepted what appeared to be a pre-arranged agreement with a pro-abortion House member, to amend the Right to Life Act of SC with a rape exception amendment for the so-called "morning-after-pill."
As explained in the Roe v Wade decision itself, exceptions to "personhood" undermine the legal concept and strategy of fetal "personhood." The 1973 Roe text clearly stated that if fetal personhood was established, then the abortion argument would collapse. This rape "exception amendment added on the SC House floor, was therefore a "fatal flaw" to the bill. The bill passed the full SC House by a vote of 95 - 18 on April 13, 2005 with the rape exception amendment.
Is Rep. Greg Delleney still a supporter of the Right to Life Act of SC in 2007, or has he changed his position ? Rep. Delleney's present obstruction of the progress of the Right to Life Act of SC is just the latest example of SC House and Senate Republican leadership opposition, resistance, and obstruction to ending abortion in South Carolina by passing the Right to Life Act of SC, which was first introduced in February 1998.
The 2007 Republican-majority make-up of the SC House is 73 Republicans and 51 Democrats.
www.scstatehouse.net/html-pages/house2.html
For more on the long-term history of obstruction of passage of the Right to Life Act of SC BY THE SOUTH CAROLINA REPUBLICAN-MAJORITY LEADERSHIP, go to the 'RTL Act of SC' page of http://www.christianlifeandliberty.net/ and read:
Right to Life Act of SC - news conference and "Jesus Christ is Lord of the Gates" pro-life rally - Jan. 17, 2006
www.christianlifeandliberty.net/H3213-S111-1032.doc
Present SC House Republican-majority Leaders who are not co-sponsors of H.3284 include:
www.scstatehouse.net/html-pages/houseinfo.html
Speaker of the SC House Rep. Bobby Harrell (R-Charleston)
Speaker Pro Tempore of the SC House Rep. Doug Smith (R-Spartanburg)
House Majority (Republicans) Leader Rep. Jim Merrill (R-Berkeley & Charleston Cos.)
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Jim Harrison (R-Richland)
House Constitutional Laws Subcommittee Chairman Rep. Greg Delleney (R-Chester)
Once again, as in 2001, 2004, and 2005/2006, it appears that "the Republican Leadership 'Fix' is In" to continually perpetuate government-protected child-murder-by-abortion
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Further 2005 Background:
Report on Right to Life Act of SC (H.3213) passing Constitutional Laws Subcommittee (with Rep. Delleney's affirmative vote) on March 31, 2005:
'Take Action to Pass the RTL Act of SC' - April 1, 2005
South Carolina's pro-life bill to end "legalized" abortion (SC House bill H.3213)
On Thursday, March 31, the RTL Act of SC (H.3213) passed the Constitutional Laws Subcommittee, on a 3 - 0 vote ! Rep’s Delleney, F.N. Smith, and Hagood voted for the bill. Rep. Harrison abstained. (Rep. Coleman was not present.)
www.christianlifeandliberty.net/H3213-201.doc
Report on Right to Life Act of SC (H.3213) passing the full Judiciary Committee (with Rep. Delleney's affirmative vote) on April 5, 2005:
'Take Action to Pass the RTL Act of SC' - April 7, 2005
South Carolina's pro-life bill to end "legalized" abortion (SC House bill H.3213)
On Tuesday, April 5, the RTL Act of SC (H.3213) passed the House Judiciary Committee on a 15 5 vote !
We give praise and all glory to the Lord Jesus Christ for the bill’s progress !
www.christianlifeandliberty.net/H3213-252.doc
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Why did Rep. Delleney co-sponsor and defend the Right to Life Act of SC in 2005 (H.3213), and now in 2007, he has noticeably not signed on as a co-sponsor to H.3284 (the same exact bill as H.3213 as introduced), and he is now stating his intention not to even hold a public hearing for the bill in the Constitutional Laws Subcommittee, which he chairs ?!
Please contact Rep. Delleney immediately, and ask him to hold a public hearing for the Right to Life Act of SC in his Subcommittee as soon as possible, not later than May 10.
"And the LORD said ... I will harden Pharoah's heart, and multiply My signs and My wonders in the land of Egypt. But Pharoah shall not hearken ..., that I may lay My hand upon Egypt, and bring forth Mine armies, and My people ..., out of the land of Egypt by great judgments. And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I stretch forth Mine hand upon Egypt, and bring out the children of Israel from among them."
Exodus 7:1,3-5
Hallelu-Yah !
Steve Lefemine, pro-life missionary
dir., Columbia Christians for Life
PO Box 50358
Columbia, SC 29250
(803) 765-0916
www.ChristianLifeandLiberty.net
www.RighttoLifeActofSC.net
April 29, 2007
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