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01-09-2007

Abortion Ban Introduced in Georgia

A Georgia lawmaker today introduced a bill that would protect human life from the moment of

conception and outlaw the killing of preborn children.

HB 1, sponsored by Rep. Bobby Franklin and co-sponsored by Rep. Melvin Everson, directly

challenges Roe v. Wade -- the 1973 Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion.

The legislation reads, in part: "Justice Blackmun, writing for the majority in Roe v. Wade … wrote:

‘when those trained in the respective disciplines of medicine, philosophy, and the theology are

unable to arrive at any consensus, the judiciary, at this point in the development of man’s knowledge, is not in a position to speculate as to the answer (to the question of when life begins).’

"Now, 30 years later, the General Assembly knows the answer to that difficult question, and that

answer is life begins at the moment of conception."

Members of a state House committee heard testimony from Franklin and Everson as well as

Dr. Alveda King and Sandra Cano. Cano was "Doe" in the Supreme Court case Doe v. Bolton –

the follow-up to Roe v. Wade that made way for unfettered access to abortion services. King is

the niece of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

The legalization of abortion on demand has resulted in a dramatic rise in the incidence of child abuse, committee members heard, as well as a dramatic weakening of the union of family.

Abortion has pitted "mothers against their children and women against men," the bill contends.

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Georgia State bill HB 1 includes the following declaration in SECTION 1.:

"A fetus is a person for all purposes under the laws of this state from the moment of conception;..."

www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/2007_08/fulltext/hb1.htm

Over 20% of the States in America had active abortion ban bills of various kinds in the 2005-2006

legislative year (Note: "exceptions" to a ban on abortion are unconstitutional, as illustrated in the

text of the Roe v. Wade decision itself):

11 State bills in 2005/2006 banning abortions:

- ALA, GA, IND, KY, LA, MO, ND, OH, SC, SD, TENN (over 20% of States in U.S.)

www.christianlifeandliberty.net/H3213-S111-121.doc

The 1973 Roe decision stated that if legal "personhood" was vested

for the unborn, that the pro-abortion argument would then collapse.

For almost 34 years now, the pro-life movement has failed to achieve that

goal by a state-level, statutory declaration that pre-birth human beings are

legal "persons" at fertilization, without exception. As illustrated by the

Roe decision itself, "exceptions" to legal personhood are unconstitutional:

Right to Life Act of SC - news conference and "Jesus Christ is Lord of the Gates" pro-life rally - Jan. 17, 2006

http://www.christianlifeandliberty.net/H3213-S111-1032.doc whttp://www.christianlifeandliberty.net/H3213-S111-1032.docw.christianlifeandliberty.net/H3213-

In the very text of the Roe v. Wade US supreme Court decision it states, “[Texas] argue[s] that

the fetus is a “person” within the language and meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment…

If this suggestion of personhood is established, the [pro-abortion] case, of course, collapses,

for the fetus’ right to life would then be guaranteed specifically by the [14th] Amendment.”

In other words, there never would have been legalized abortion under Roe v. Wade. But tragically,

Texas had an “exception” which undermined their entire “personhood” argument. Justice Harry

Blackmun wrote: “[ 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…

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? ...” http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=us&vol=410&invol=113

The Right to Life Act of SC, in statutorily vesting legal “personhood” at fertilization for

ALL human beings, satisifies the Roe formula published 33 years ago. The issue of legal “personhood” for ALL human beings, without exception, is a key to unlocking the 33 year

old Roe v. Wade abortion enigma.

Jesus said, "... I will build My church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it."

Matthew 16:18

Steve Lefemine, pro-life missionary

dir., Columbia Christians for Life

Columbia, SC

www.ChristianLifeandLiberty.net (click on "RTL Act of SC")

www.RighttoLifeActofSC.net

January 12, 2007