UPDATE on Right to Life Act of South Carolina (H

REPUBLICANS IN S.C. SENATE PROLONG CHILD-KILLING:

The Republicans in South Carolina are the majority in the SC House (74 R's to 50 D's).

The Republicans in South Carolina are the majority in the SC Senate (26 R's to 20 D's).

The Republicans in South Carolinaoccupy the Governor's office, the

Lt. Governor's office, and the Attorney General's office.

REFUSE TO TAKE ACTION TO PASS the "Right to Life Act of South Carolina"

South Carolina's pro-life bill to end "legalized" abortion (House bill H.3213 / Senate bill S.111)

The 2006 regular session of the SC Legislature is scheduled to end on June 1, 2006.

Incredibly, even though the SC House version (H.3213) of the Right to Life Act of SC passed the SC House on Second Reading (with 52co-sponsors:47 R's and 5 D's), on April 13, 2005 by a vote of 95Y to 18N

(albeit with a fatal flaw rape exception amendment that must be removed), the bill has gone nowhere in the SC Senate after two hearings in the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee chaired by Senator Jim Ritchie (R). It has now sat in Senator Ritchie's Subcommitteefor over one year, and there are less than 30 days left in the 2006 session. If nothing changes, the bill will die June 1st, and the 6,500+ children murdered every yearin South Carolina by surgical abortion, primarily at the state's three abortion centers in Greenville, Columbia, and Charleston, will have to wait until the 2007 session for new legislation to pass, at the earliest.

Of the 26 Republicans in the SC Senate, only seven have signed on as co-sponsors of S.111:

Sponsors: Senators Fair, Bryant, Grooms, Thomas, Verdin, Hayes and Ryberg

You can see the text and co-sponsors of bills H.3213 and S.111 from the homepage link at: or go to the SC Legislative website at:

So only 7 (27%) out of 26 Republicans are co-sponsoring a bill to end the killing of 6,500+

pre-birth human beings in South Carolina each year (2004 statistics:Charleston abortion center: 2,835murdered; Greenville abortion center: 2,359murdered; Columbia abortion center: 1,335murdered)

Below are the Republican SC State Senators who are not co-sponsoring S.111 (not a single one of the Democrat Senators are co-sponsors, not even those Senators who are also church ministers !):

Republican SC State Senate Non-Sponsors:

Sen. Thomas Alexander (R-Walhalla) Sen. Glenn McConnell (R-Charleston)

Sen. Chip Campsen (R-Isle of Palms) Sen. William Mescher (R-Pinopolis)

Sen. Ray Cleary (R-Murrells Inlet) Sen. William O’Dell (R-Greenwood)

Sen. John Courson (R-Columbia) Sen. Harvey Peeler (R-Gaffney)

Sen. Ronnie Cromer (R-Prosperity) Sen. Luke Rankin (R-Myrtle Beach)

Sen. Greg Gregory (R-Lancaster) Sen. Scott Richardson (R-Hilton Head Island)

Sen. John Hawkins (R-Spartanburg) Sen. Jim Ritchie (R-Spartanburg)

Sen. Jake Knotts (R-West Columbia) Sen. Randy Scott (R-Summerville)

Sen. Hugh Leatherman (R-Florence) Sen. Verne Smith (R-Greer)

Sen. Larry Martin (R-Pickens)

Fax all SC Senators at 803-212-6299 (include Senator’s name); other contact information for SC Senators at:

Ask all Senators to co-sponsor S.111 and pass the bill.

Please especially call Senator Mike Fair (R-Greenville), Senator Jim Ritchie (R-Spartanburg), and

Senator Glenn McConnell (R-Charleston) to work for passage of the Right to Life Act in the SC Senate !

Please call Republican Governor Mark Sanford to use his influence and the 'bully pulpit' of his office, to pass the Right to Life Act (phone 803-734-2100, fax 803-734-0546 and fax 803-734-9413)

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Prepared by Columbia Christians for Life * * 803-765-0916 * Columbia, SC