SC's Republican-majority State Senate
kills the SC baby-killing ban bill
South Carolina's pro-life bill to end "legalized" abortion (House bill H.3213 / Senate bill S.111)
South Carolina's only bill to ban all baby-killing dies as Silence and Inaction by a
Senate Judiciary Subcommittee with 4 out of 5 voting members Republicans,
results in no actiontaken by the end of the regular session, June 1, 2006 (same
day as the start of the 2006 Hurricane season). Even 4 and 5 year-old children
mouth the word "baby" when they see a photo of an 8-week in-utero 'fetus' !
The Republicans are the majority in the South CarolinaState Senate (26 R's to 20 D's).
Of the 26 Republicans in the SC Senate, only seven signed on as co-sponsors of S.111.
Sponsors: Senators Fair, Bryant, Grooms, Thomas, Verdin, Hayes and Ryberg. Only seven(27%)
out of 26Republican State Senators co-sponsored S.111, despite the fact that there were 47 (64%) out of
74Republican State Representatives who co-sponsored the House version (H.3213) before it passed the 124-member SC House on April 13, 2005 by a vote of 95 Yeas to 18 Nays (albeit with a 'fatal flaw' rape exception amendment that needed to be removed). After passing the SC House, a Senate Judiciary Subcommittee "sat" on the bill (H.3213) for over a year until the end of the session, June 1, 2006, killing SC’s baby-killing ban bill.
Sadly, even the primary sponsor of the Senate version undermined his own bill. “We (supporters of limits) basically got together and decided abortion wouldn’t be an issue this year,” Sen. Mike Fair, R-Greenville, said of supporters of limiting abortion. “Had we known South Dakota would have done what they did, there would have been thoughtful consideration on testing the waters here, I assure you.” (The State, 3/19/06)
Senator Fair, at 125 children murdered by surgical abortion per week in SC, abortion is an issue ! In 2004,
55/week were murdered in Charleston, 45/week murdered in Greenville, and 25/week murdered in Columbia.
It is the Republicans who are the majority in the State Senate who are responsible for refusing to take action to pass the Right to Life Act of SC by June 1, 2006, thus killing SC's baby-killing ban bill. It is the SC SenateRepublicans, from the political party that is now in power, who are therefore responsible for prolonging
child-murder-by-surgical-abortion in our state (6,500-plus children murdered by surgical abortion per year).
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Below are the South Carolina State Senators who are not co-sponsoring S.111:
Republican SC State Senate Non-Sponsors of S.111 - 19 (73%) out of 26 are 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)
Democrat SC State Senate Non-Sponsors of S.111 - 20 (100%) out of 20 are non-sponsors:
Sen. Ralph Anderson (D-Greenville) Sen. John Matthews (D-Bowman)
Sen. John Drummond (D-Ninety Six) Sen. John McGill (D-Kingstree)
Sen. Dick Elliott (D-N. Myrtle Beach) Sen. Thomas Moore (D-Clearwater)
Sen. Robert Ford (D-Charleston) Sen. Kay Patterson (D-Columbia)
Sen. Brad Hutto (D-Orangeburg) Sen. Clementa Pinckney (D-Ridgeland)
Sen. Darrell Jackson (D-Hopkins) Sen. Glenn Reese (D-Inman)
Sen. John Land (D-Manning) Sen. Nikki Setzler (D-West Columbia)
Sen. Phil Leventis (D-Sumter) Sen. Vincent Sheheen (D-Camden)
Sen. Joel Louire (D-Columbia) Sen. Linda Short (D-Chester)
Sen. Gerald Malloy (D-Hartsville) Sen. Kent Williams (D-Marion)
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:
Note: Republican Governor Mark Sanford never once publicly used his influence,
the 'bully pulpit' of his office, to pass the Right to Life Act of SC.
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Charlie M. and Anne R. "standing in the gate" after the joint Voice of the Unborn/CCL
'JESUS IS PRO-LIFE' News Conference on May 30, 2006. This is on the second floor of the
SC State House in Columbia. The SC Senate chamber is on the other side of the barrier.
"And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them. For it is
a shame to even speak of those things which are done of them in secret. But all things that are
reproved [exposed] are made manifest by the light: for whatsoever doth make manifest is light.
Ephesians 5:11-13, KJV
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Ellin B., Anne R., Steve L., and Cathy G. "standing in the gate" after the joint
Voice of the Unborn/CCL 'JESUS IS PRO-LIFE' News Conference on May 30, 2006.
This is on the second floor of the SC State House in Columbia. The SC Senate chamber
is on the other side of the barrier.
"Again the word of the LORD came unto me [Ezekiel], saying, Son of man, cause Jerusalem
[SC] to know her abominations [realize her evil deeds].
Ezekiel 16:1-2, KJV
"Now, thou son of man, wilt thou judge, wilt thou judge the bloody city ? [state] yea, thou shalt
shew her all her abominations. Then say thou, Thus saith the Lord GOD, The city [the state of SC]
sheddeth blood in the midst of it, that her time may come, and maketh idols against herself to
defile herself. Thou [state of SC] art become guilty in thy blood that thou hast shed;..."
Ezekiel 22:2-4a, KJV
125 children murdered by surgical abortion each week in South Carolina [2004 DHEC statistics]:
Charleston: 55/week murdered; Greenville: 45/week murdered; Columbia: 25/week murdered
More than 310,000 murdered by surgical abortion alone in South Carolina since 1973. Their shed
innocent blood cries out to God from the ground for vengeance (Genesis 4:10), and He hears their cry:
"The LORD executeth righteousness and judgment for ALL that are oppressed." Ps. 103:6, KJV
(emphasis added - "ALL" includes all the 310,000-plus murdered by surgical abortion in SC since 1973 !)
The 46 members of the South Carolina Senate (26 Republicans, 20 Democrats) are without excuse to
know the evil abomination of child-murder-by-abortion occurring in South Carolina. It has been brought
to their doorstep !
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