Christians for Personhood
P.O. Box 12222, Columbia, S.C. 29211 * (803) 400-3152
God says: “Thou shalt not kill (murder).” Exodus 20:13, KJV
February 17, 2014
To: SC Senators ( 22 ) sponsoring “Personhood Act of South Carolina” - S.457[ Listed below ]
Fr: Steve Lefemine, exec. dir., Christians for Personhood ( )
Cc:
Senator George Campsen III, Chairman, Senate Judiciary Subcommittee for S.457
[ Senator Greg Gregory, co-sponsor of S.457, and memberof Senate Judiciary SubcommitteeforS.457 ]
[ Senator Greg Hembree, co-sponsor of S.457, and memberof Senate Judiciary Subcommittee for S.457 ]
Brett Hubler, Office of Senator Chip Campsen, 305 Gressette Bldg.
Bob Maldonado, Staff Attorney, Senate Judiciary Committee, Gressette Bldg.
Senator Larry Martin, Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee, P.O. Box 247, Pickens, SC 29671
Jane Shuler, Staff Attorney, Senate Judiciary Committee, Gressette Bldg.
Senator Paul Thurmond
South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, and
Selected Others
Subj: MULTIPLE LEGAL EXPERTS DEFENDING THE CONSTITUTIONALITY
OF STATE-LEVEL PERSONHOOD LEGISLATION [ See attachment, also posted online ]
The “Personhood Act of South Carolina” (S.457) is a bill designed to protect the Creator God-given, unalienable
right to life of all human beings [ already recognized in the 1776Declaration of Independence, our nation’s charter
andone of theOrganic Lawsof the United Statesfound in the United States Code ] by establishing legal “personhood”
at fertilization, in South Carolina State Law, under Article I., Section 3. ofthe South Carolina State Constitution, empowered underthe Powers Reservedto the Statesin the Tenth Amendmentto the United States Constitution.
Perhaps the major legal argument to State-level Personhoodlegislation has been the erroneous claim that such
State legislation is violative of the Article VI Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution. This claim is not correct.
The work of multiple Legal Experts Defending the Constitutionality of State-level Personhood Legislation is available
online, posted on the “Personhood Act” page of ( Item # 58. ). However, along
with this cover letter is also provided a 34-page printed copy of one such example: The Foundation for Moral Law /
The Adoption Law Firm - Amici Curiae Legal Briefsubmitted to the U.S. Supreme Court on August 31, 2012.
The co-authors of this legal brief include Roy Moore, who is now Chief Justice of the Alabama State Supreme Court;
andJohn Eidsmoe, constitutional attorney, author, and former constitutional law professor at Thomas Goode Jones School of Law, and at O.W. Coburn School of Law. COL Eidsmoe, now Senior Counsel & Resident Scholar at the Foundation for Moral Law(), Montgomery, Ala., has offered to provide “some good reasons why
the Supremacy Clause should not be a barrier to a state personhood bill or amendment.” He can be reached at the
FMLat 334-262-1245, or his cell number is: 334-324-1812 [COL Eidsmoe's e-mail address is: ].
Other legal experts defending the constitutionality of State-level Personhood Legislation include: Mat Staver, who
is currently the Dean of the Law School at Liberty University (also founder/chair of Liberty Counsel ), and Herb Titus,
author and former ( and founding ) Dean of the College of Law & Government, Regent University.
State-level Personhood is constitutional, and there has been a growing body of legal work defending this.
Note List: South Carolina Senators ( 22 ) sponsoring “Personhood Act of South Carolina” - S.457
Senator Sean Bennett,Senator Lee Bright( principalsponsor of SC Personhood Bill S.457),
Senator Kevin Bryant,Senator Tom Corbin,Senator Ronnie Cromer,Senator Tom Davis,
Senator Mike Fair,Senator Greg Gregory, Senator Greg Hembree,Senator Larry Grooms,
Senator Wes Hayes,Senator Darrell Jackson, Senator Shane Martin,Senator Shane Massey,
Senator Yancey McGill,Senator William O’Dell,Senator Glenn Reese,Senator Katrina Shealy,
Senator Ross Turner,Senator Danny Verdin,Senator Kent Williams,Senator Tom Young.