Personhood Updates by Steve Lefemine

MISSOURI ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOPS REJECT MISSOURI PERSONHOOD AMENDMENT:

Now at least Seven States' Roman Catholic Bishops have opposed Personhood efforts

Roman Catholic Bishops of these Seven States have OPPOSED State-Level Personhood legislation:

- MICHIGAN2006
- : GEORGIA2008
- : COLORADO2008 & 2009 & 2010
- : MONTANA2008 & 2009
- : NORTH DAKOTA2009
- : FLORIDA 2009
- :MISSOURI2010
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: JOINT STATEMENT OF THE MISSOURI CATHOLIC BISHOPS ON THE PERSONHOOD AMENDMENT PETITION DRIVE
www.mocatholic.org/Links/Session/Personhood%20Amendment.pdf
MISSOURI CATHOLIC CONFERENCE: "The Official Public Policy voice of the Catholic Church in the Show-Me State"
www.MOCatholic.org
Approved April 19, 2010

[ excerpts, emphasis added]

It is true that present Missouri law does not outlaw and prevent the scourge that is abortion. However, neither would
the proposed Personhood Amendment. No state constitution or state law can overturn provisions of the U.S Constitution
or interpretations of the U.S. Constitution by the U.S. Supreme Court. Article IV of the U.S. Constitution states that:
[ sic - the Missouri Roman Catholic Bishops' statement is wrong, this quote below is not from Article IV. of the
U.S. Constitution, but from Article VI. ]

This Constitution, and the laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance
thereof; … shall be the supreme Law of the Land, and the Judges in every state shall
be bound thereby, any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the contrary
notwithstanding. (emphasis added)
[ See CCL "Comments on the Fraud and Fallacies of the Missouri Roman Catholic Bishops Statement" ]

Through the Missouri Catholic Conference, and in our day-to-day ministry, we work tirelessly to promote human life from
conception to natural death. [ CCL Note: Rubbish ! ] This legislative session, the MCC is working to pass pro-life legislation
strengthening Missouri’s informed consent laws [ CCL Note: i.e., Missouri's incremental, "abortion"/murder, read some information,
AND THEN YOU CAN KILL THE BABY laws. ], and assuring that abortion is not provided through the health insurance exchanges
established under the new healthcare reform law.

[ CCL Note: God's Requirement for Murder is JUSTICE, NOT incremental "Regulation" !!! Exodus 20:13, KJB ]

We urge your support and assistance with the Missouri Catholic Conference’s efforts in this regard. You can assist their efforts
by joining the MCC Citizen Network at www.mocatholic.org.

/ SIGNED /

Most Reverend [ sic - Ps. 111:9, KJB ] Robert , Executive Chairman, Archdiocese of St. Louis
Most Reverend [ sic - Ps. 111:9, KJB ] Robert Finn, Vice Chairman, Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph
Most Reverend [ sic - Ps. 111:9, KJB ] John R. , General Chairman, Diocese of Jefferson City
Most Reverend [ sic - Ps. 111:9, KJB ] James , Diocese of Springfield-Cape Girardeau
Most Reverend [ sic - Ps. 111:9, KJB ] Robert J. Hermann, Auxiliary Bishop of St. Louis

[ CCL Note: These five "NOT-Reverend's" represent ALL FIVE of the active Roman Catholic Bishops in the State of Missouri ]

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CCL "Comments on the Fraud and Fallacies of the Missouri Roman Catholic Bishops Statement"

Steve Lefemine, pro-life missionary
dir., Columbia Christians for life
May 19, 2010

- The "Joint Statement of the Missouri Catholic Bishops on the Personhood Amendment Petition Drive" is deficient in several respects:

Eight Points:

1) WHERE HAVE THE POPE-APPOINTED, UNITED STATES CONFERENCE OF [ ROMAN ] CATHOLIC BISHOPS BEEN FOR APPROX. 20 YEARS
ON SUPPORTING FEDERAL PERSONHOOD BILLS ??? WHY HASN'T THE VATICAN / POPE / ROME BEEN SUPPORTING PERSONHOOD LEGISLATION IN THE UNITED STATE CONGRESS ???

[ The simple answer is that the Pope-appointed, U.S. Roman Catholic Bishops (USCCB) DO NOT SUPPORT THE END OF "ABORTION"
IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, period. ]

It should be noted that the Missouri Roman Catholic Bishops join the Roman Catholic Bishops in at least six other States Georgia, Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, and Florida)in OPPOSING State-Level Personhood legislation. One must ask, why are
the Pope-appointed Bishops of the U.S. Roman Catholic Dioceses in these SEVEN Statesare opposed to State-Level Personhood legislation,

THEN WHY ARE THESE ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOPS NOT SUPPORTING THE FEDERAL PERSONHOOD LEGISLATION PRESENTLY
IN THE US HOUSE AND US SENATE ? WHY ARE THESE POPE-APPOINTED ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOPS NOT SUPPORTING THESE
THREE FEDERAL PERSONHOOD BILLS PRESENTLY IN THE US CONGRESS ???: 1) HR 881, "Right to Life Act " - Introduced in US House,
February 4, 2009; 2) HR 2533, "Sanctity of Life Act of 2009" [removes jurisdiction of Federal Courts] - Introduced in US House, May 20, 2009;
and 3) S 346, "Life at Conception Act - Introduced in US Senate, January 29, 2009. [ The 2009-2010 Session is the 111th Congress. ]

WHY HAS THE UNITED STATES CONFERENCE OF [ ROMAN ] CATHOLIC BISHOPS, ALL OF WHOM ARE APPOINTED BY ROME'S POPE,
NOT BEEN SUPPORTING FEDERAL PERSONHOOD LEGISLATION THAT STRETCHES BACK CONTINUOUSLY TO AT LEAST 1995:
( HR 1625, "Right to Life Act of 1995" - Intro. in US House (104th), May 12, 1995; , "Right to Life Act of 1997" - Intro. in US House (105th),
February 6, 1997; HR 639, "Right to Life Act of 1999" - Intro, in US House (106th), February 9, 1999; , "Right to Life Act of 2001" -
Intro. in US House (107th), August 2, 2001; HR 579, "Right to Life Act of 2003" - Intro. in US House (108th), February 5, 2003; ,
"Right to Life Act" - Intro. in US House (108th), September 10, 2003 [added definitions]; HR 552, "Right to Life Act" [includes definitions]
- Intro. in US House (109th), February 2, 2005; HR 776, "Sanctity of Life Act of 2005" [removes jurisdiction of Federal Courts] - Intro. in US House
(109th), February 10, 2005; , "Right to Life Act" - Intro. in US House (110th), January 22, 2007; HR 2597, "Sanctity of Life Act of 2007"
[removes jurisdiction of Federal Courts] - Intro. US House (110th), June 6, 2007 ), AND WITH INTERRUPTION, BACK TO AT LEAST 1989:
( HR 623, the "Declaration of Personhood Act" - Intro. in U.S. House (101st), January 24, 1989 ) ???

[ December 2005 ]
President Bush and the US Congress have the power NOW to end abortion in America in one week:
Pass HR 552, the "Right to Life Act", amended with the addition of the Article III., Section 2. power of the
US Congress in the US Constitution to limit the appellate jurisdiction of the US supreme Court, and the
complete jurisdiction of the lower federal courts (US District Courts and US Circuit Courts of Appeal,
which were created by Congress by federal statute, and could even be eliminated by Congress by
federal statute, let alone have their jurisdictions limited). [ see HR 552 at http://thomas.loc.gov ]
http://christianlifeandliberty.net/CCL05-21.doc

PRESIDENT BUSH and CONGRESS [ June 2005 ]
COULD END ABORTION IN AMERICA IN ONE WEEK

US House limits jurisdiction of Federal Courts regarding the Pledge of Allegiance [ July 2006 ]
Employs Article III., Section 2. constitutional power of the US Congress to limit
the appellate jurisdiction of the US supreme Court:
This same Article III., Section 2. constitutional power of the US Congress to limit the appellate jurisdiction
of the US supreme Court can be further applied to protect the God-ordained institution of marriage, to protect
state-level laws banning acts of sodomy, to protect federal and state laws banning abortion, and to protect the
freedom of religious expression that is guaranteed by the First Amendment of the US Constitution, vis-a-vis
public displays of the Ten Commandments, and public prayer in the Name of Jesus.
http://christianlifeandliberty.net/CONSTLAW06-01.DOC


2) There is NOTHING in Article VI. of the U.S. Constitution that says that Supreme Court decisions are
"the supreme Law of the Land" - they are NOT. It is Roe v. Wade which is UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
The words of the U.S. Constitution say that the Constitution itself, Federal Laws made in pursuance
thereof, and U.S. Treaties, are "the supreme Law of the Land" - Noticeably ABSENT from this list
explicitly spelled out in Article VI. of the U.S. Constitutions are U.S. Supreme Court opinions/decisions.
Supreme Court decisions/opinions are not law. Legislatures make law. Courts decide cases.
Supreme Court decisions/opinions are binding on the parties to a case, as to the particulars of that case.


3) "Abortion is not legal" by Christine Ross and Herbert W. Titus, JD, Life Advocate, May/June 1999.
"What is clearly missing from [ the Article VI. ] Constitutional list of supreme laws is a court opinion.
This was not an oversight. Our constitution's writers knew that a court opinion could never be law;
much less the supreme law of the land. This is especially true if that court opinion contradicted
the Constitution itself." "The president takes an oath to "preserve, protect and defend the Constitution,"
not Supreme Court opinions."


4) Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia said in 2002, "... there is nothing, nothing in the Constitution
that guarantees the right to an abortion." It is Roe v. Wade which is UNCONSTITUTIONAL.


5) Presidents Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson rejected the notion that the Supreme Court is the final arbiter
of the Constitution. President Jefferson wrote to a friend (1821): "You seem ... to consider the [ federal ] judges
as the ultimate arbiters of all constitutional questions, a very dangerous doctrine indeed and one which would
place us under the despotism of an oligarchy ... The constitution has erected no such single tribunal [ emphasis added ],
knowing that, to whatever hands confided, with the corruptions of time and party its members would become despots."


6) President Ronald Reagan issued a Personhood Proclamation (1988), citing as his authority the Declaration of Independence,
and the 5th and 14th Amendments of the U.S. Constitution, and declaring as President of the U.S.A., "the unalienable personhood
of every American, from the moment of conception until natural death,..."


7) The text of the Roe vs Wade (1973) Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) decision/opinion itself reveals the KEY ISSUE
is the PERSONHOOD of the "fetus" [ pre-birth human being ]. In the words of pro-abortion Justice Harry Blackmun, writing in
the 7 - 2 Majority Opinion: "If this suggestion of personhood


8) These actual audio excerpts of the second Oral Arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court in the Roe v. Wade case (decision published
January 22, 1973) - Argued on October 11, 1972 - demonstrate the pivotal importance of the issue of fetal "personhood" in the tragic outcome
of the Roe vs Wade 1973 decision:

(AUDIO) "In Their Own Words" - U.S. Supreme Court
Recognition of unborn children as persons is the "KEY" to overturning Roe v. Wade
http://www.montanaprolifecoalition.org/approach.htm



Conclusion:

Roe vs. Wade is not Constitutional. The Federal Government and each of the 50 States have a Sovereign Duty to Establish Justice,
and to Defend the God-given, Unalienable Right to Life of Every Human Being. In the language of the United States Constitution,
that means recognizing (not granting) the legal status of "Person" to every human being, at fertilization, with no exceptions, because
God has said, "Thou shalt not kill (murder)." Exodus 20:13, KJB.

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Do the U.S. Roman Catholic Bishops really want to END "Abortion" in AMERICA ?Why are the Roman Catholic Bishops not supporting Personhood Legislation at either the State or Federal Levels ?

The significance of the Pope-appointed, United States Roman Catholic Bishops in at least seven States opposing
State-level personhood legislation (and at the same time, also NOT supporting Federal-level personhood legislation
currently filed in the United States Congress), has relevance and meaning for the entire American Pro-Life Movement
which has failed over the last 37+ years since Roe vs. Wade (1973) to END Child-Killing in America, resulting so far
in an estimated 51+ Million dead by surgical abortion alone.

Our land is polluted with innocent blood (Numbers 35:33, KJB).



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See additional Reports and Information at:

1) www.ChristianLifeandLiberty.net, "Home" page, and "RTL Act of SC" page
2) www.RighttoLifeActofSC.net


STATE-LEVEL PERSONHOOD BILLS and CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS

2009 - 2010 - 16 States have had Personhood Legislation Efforts Filed
in State Legislatures or as Ballot Initiatives

Summary Report: 14 States have current Personhood Legislation efforts filed:
- ALA, ALASK, CA, CO, FL, GA, MD, MICH, MISS, MO, MONT, NV, OR, SC
- a/o December 3, 2009
www.christianlifeandliberty.net/2009-12-03-Summary-Report-14-States-current-Personhood-Legis-efforts-filed.doc


2009-2010 State-Level Personhood (and other selected) Legislation:
- Including State-Level Personhood Bills and Constitutional Amendments
- ALA, ALASK, CA, CO, FL, GA, MD, MICH, MISS, MO, MONT, ND, NV, OR, SC, VA
Updated December 3, 2009
www.christianlifeandliberty.net/2009-12-03-2009-2010-State-Level-Personhood-and-other-selected-Legislation .


Personhood State Constitutional Amendment introduced In Iowa Legislature
Iowa is one of 16 States which have had Personhood Legislation filed in 2009-2010.
January 20, 2010
http://christianlifeandliberty.net/2010-02-19-Personhood-State-Const-Amend-intro-in-Iowa-Leg-Jan-20.doc


Personhood State Constitutional Amendment Re-introduced in Maryland Legislature
Maryland is one of 16 States which have had Personhood Legislation filed in 2009-2010.
February 17, 2010
http://christianlifeandliberty.net/2010-02-24-Personhood-State-Const-Amend-Re-intro-in-Maryland-Leg-Feb-17.doc


Personhood Amendment Certified for Colorado Ballot for November 2010
Colorado Secretary of State has certified the Personhood Amendment, called Amendment 62
March 26, 2010
http://christianlifeandliberty.net/2010-03-30-Personhood-Amendment-Certified-for-Colorado-Ballot-for-Nov-2010-Mar-26.doc


Mississippi Personhood Amendment Officially on 2011 Ballot
Mississippi Secretary of State gives notice of sufficient certified voter signatures to be on 2011 Ballot
April 1, 2010
http://christianlifeandliberty.net/2010-04-05-Mississippi-Personhood-Amendment-Officially-on-2011-Ballot-Apr-1.doc

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HISTORY
2005-2010

STATE-LEVEL PERSONHOOD BILLS and CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS:

- three States with Personhood Legislation efforts filed: MICH, MISS, SC
2) 2007-2008 State-Level Personhood (and other selected) Legislation
- six States with Personhood Legislation efforts filed: CO, GA, MISS, MT, OR, SC
3) 2009-2010 State-Level Personhood (and other selected) Legislation
- 15 States to date with Personhood Legislation efforts filed (as of 12/3/09):
ALA, ALASK, CA, CO, FL, GA, MD, MICH, MISS, MO, MONT, ND, NV, OR, SC
- 14 States with current Personhood Legislation efforts filed (as of 12/3/09):
ALA, ALASK, CA, CO, FL, GA, MD, MICH, MISS, MO, MONT, NV, OR, SC
www.christianlifeandliberty.net/2009-12-07-HISTORY-State-Level-Personhood-and-other-selected-Legislation-2005-2010.doc



SOUTH CAROLINA

Personhood legislation (Bill - H.3213) passed in the South Carolina House on April 13 (Second Reading) and
April 14 (Third Reading), 2005, but was fatally flawed by an amendment added on the SC House floor prior to
passage which allowed for an abortifacient drug to be given to a woman in the case of rape.

Personhood Bill Passes in South Carolina House
www.covenantnews.com/newswire/archives/011416.html
April 14, 2005

'South Carolina House Passes Personhood Bill' (with fatal flaw) - April 14, 2005
www.christianlifeandliberty.net/H3213-311.doc



COLORADO

Personhood Amendment in Colorado (ballot initiative voted on November 4, 2008)
- Historic, first-time-ever, state-wide vote conducted on a "Personhood" Constitutional Amendment
www.coloradoforequalrights.com/

Colorado Personhood Amendment to State Constitution - results of November 4, 2008 ballot initiative
Amendment 48-Definition of Person Results
http://data.denverpost.com/election/results/amendment/2008/48-definition-of-person/
100% reporting ( 3215 precincts )
Ballot-Vote Vote percentage Vote count
No 73.2% (1,605,978)
Yes 26.7% (585,561)



NORTH DAKOTA

North Dakota Personhood Bill Passes House, First In US History - Press Release
February 17, 2009
http://christianlifeandliberty.net/2009-02-18-PERS-ND-passHouse.doc



MONTANA

Montana Personhood Constitutional Amendment Passes Senate, First In US History - Press Release
February 26, 2009
http://christianlifeandliberty.net/2009-02-26-PERS-MONT-passSenate.doc


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Christ is Ruler of the Nations !
Psalm 2; Psalm 24:1; Psalm 47:7,8; Psalm 50:12; 1 Timothy 6:15, KJB


"For the kingdom is the LORD's: and he is the governor among the nations." Psalm 22:28, KJB
www.bartleby.com/108/19/22.html#S22


"... I will build My church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it." Matthew 16:18
Yeshua Messiah (Jesus Christ)


Hallelu-Yah !

Steve Lefemine, pro-life missionary
dir., Columbia Christians for Life
PO Box 50358
Columbia, SC 29250
(803) 794-6273
Columbia Christians for Life <CCL@ChristianLifeandLiberty.net>
www.ChristianLifeandLiberty.net, Home page and "RTL Act of SC" page [ SC Personhood Bill ]
www.RighttoLifeActofSC.net
May 20, 2010

HISTORY of State-Level Personhood (and other selected) Legislation, 2005-2010
1) 2005-2006 State-Level Personhood (and other selected) Legislation
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[ i.e. the pro-abortion case], of course, collapses, for the fetus' right to life would then be guaranteed specifically
by the [ 14th ] Amendment." [ CCL Note: a preferable reference would be to the 5th Amendment ]PRESIDENT BUSH and CONGRESS COULD END ABORTION IN AMERICA IN ONE WEEK:HR 618HR 3069HR 2763HR 641 (Michigan,

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