Montana chapter of Rome's National Right to Life also opposes



Montana chapter of Rome's National Right to Life also opposes

Montana Personhood Constitutional Amendment ballot initiative

Bible-believing Christian and other principled pro-personhood pro-lifers:

PLEASE DO NOT HEED THE FALSE COUNSEL of the 1) ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOPS,

2) NATIONAL RIGHT TO LIFE, and/or 3) AMERICANS UNITED FOR LIFE.

Executive Director, Right to Life of Montana (RTLM):

html/personhood_initiative.html

"We as an affiliate of NRLC can utilize their assets, and their legal experts,

such as Jim Bopp, the NRLC national attorney, who has worked in the field

of Pro-Life Law for many years."

Jim Bopp wrote an 11 page synopsis of the Personhood Amendment

and explained in depth why we should not endorse it at this time, as did

Clarke Forsyth[e] of Americans United for Life (AUL)."

RTLM is the official state affiliate of the National Right to Life Committee.

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The deadline is June 18th for the Montana Pro-Life Coalition's petition drive to collect the necessary number of signatures to place the Montana Personhood Constitutional Amendment on the November 2010 ballot. May it please God to grant that Montana also become ballot certified

(in addition to CO and MISS).

The Colorado Personhood Constitutional Amendment has already been certified to appear on the Colorado ballot in November 2010. [ This is the second time for Colorado; a personhood constitutional amendment was also on the Colorado ballot in November 2008. ]

The Mississippi Personhood Constitutional Amendment has already been certified to appear on the Mississippi ballot in November 2011.

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ROME'S ENEMIES OF STATE PERSONHOOD BILLS AND CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS

These are the three principal Romanist enemies of the many efforts to recognize the God-given, unalienable

right to life of every human being as a "person" beginning at fertilization, in State Constitutional and / or

Statutory law:

1) ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOPS [ appointed by the Pope ]

2) NATIONAL RIGHT TO LIFE, and

3) AMERICANS UNITED FOR LIFE

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1) The Roman Catholic Bishops (collectively called Catholic Conferences) of these seven States have opposed State-level Personhood Legislation:

- MICHIGAN: (2006)

- GEORGIA: (2008)

- COLORADO: (2008 & 2009 & 2010)

- MONTANA: (2008 & 2009)

- NORTH DAKOTA: (2009)

- FLORIDA: (2009)

- MISSOURI: (2010)

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2) National Right to Life Committee 30+ year general (legal) counsel, James Bopp, Jr.

wrote a 2007 Memorandum opposing State-level Personhood Legislation, and defending

acceptance of multiple "exceptions" in "pro-life" [sic] legislation, and proposing a litany

of incremental, "abortion"/murder regulation bills.

James Bopp, Jr. (senior partner of Bopp, Coleson & Bostrom’s law firm) and the National Right to Life Committee’s general (legal) counsel in an August 7, 2007 Memorandum Re: "Pro-Life Strategy Issues" attacked State-level personhood amendments; specifically the Georgia Human Life (Personhood) Amendment - which THE TWO GEORGIA ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOPS PUBLICLY OPPOSED IN JANUARY 2008. Bopp's 2007 Memorandum

also defended the acceptance of "exceptions" for rape, incest, fetal deformity, and "harm to the mother" in

"pro-life" [sic] legislation, while suggesting and promoting a litany of incremental, "abortion"/murder regulation bills, in essence, "First do this or that, "AND THEN YOU CAN KILL THE BABY."

( Bopp's 2007 Memorandum - docs/BoppMemorandum1.pdf )

Note: James Bopp, Jr. has served as general counsel for National Right to Life since 1978, and as the special

counsel for Focus on the Family since 2004. Bopp aslo served as an advisor for pro-abort, pro-sodomite,

Mormon Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign. THIS HELPS EXPLAIN WHY NATIONAL RIGHT TO LIFE

STATE CHAPTERS AND THE FOCUS ON THE FAMILY STATE AFFILIATES ARE IN MOST ALL CASES

NOT SUPPORTING STATE-LEVEL PERSONHOOD LEGISLATION AROUND THE COUNTRY.

The National Right to Life Committee was first organized under the auspices of the then-National Conference

of Catholic Bishops in 1968 (FIVE YEARS BEFORE ROE V. WADE IN 1973 ! ???), and then became allegedly "autonomous" [sic] and "non-sectarian" in 1973. [ Source: Dictionary of Christianity [sic] in America, Coordinating Editor, Daniel G. Reid, “Right to Life.”, K.M. Cassidy, 1990 ]

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3) CFR / Georgetown / Jesuit-advised, Americans United for Life Senior Legal Counsel,

Clarke Forsythe

AUL claims to have been "Founded in 1971 as the first national pro-life organization in the United States"

and touts its efforts in pursuing a number of incrementalist "abortion"/murder regulation legislative measures - however advancing personhood legislation to actually END "abortion" is not on the list on the "About AUL" page. The lists of AUL Directors and Advisory Board members includes two CFR members ( George S. Weigel, Jr. and Robert P. George ); a Roman Catholic Jesuit (S.J.) priest (Kevin T. FitzGerald, S.J.), who is also on the staff of the

Jesuit Georgetown University Medical Center; and another Jesuit Georgetown University Medical Center staffer

(Edward R. Grant, Esq.) as well.

Clarke Forsythe, senior legal counsel of Americans United for Life ( CFR / Jesuit / Jesuit Georgetown University staff on AUL's Directors / Advisors ) opposes State-Level Personhood Legislation: Forsythe attacked the State-level personhood position on the Columbia Christians for Life website in postings on National Review Online

( National Review magazine, founded by the late neo-con William Buckley - CFR-member, Bilderberger,

Skull and Bones member, Roman Catholic, Knight of Malta, The Heritage Foundation, is a prominent false flag "conservative" propaganda tool of the Vatican / Jesuit / Papal New World Order, providing a media platform for members of the Jesuit-Ruled Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) ), and also on another Romanist website,

the Rosary-promoting, "National-Right-to-Life-friendly" .

FORSYTHE'S DILEMMA: LEGAL POSITIVISM

newsroom_judieblog.php?id=2781

Posted: Tuesday September 29, 2009 at 4:11 pm EST by Judie Brown

ATTACK BY CFR / JESUIT-ADVISED AMERICANS UNITED FOR "LIFE" [sic]

ON THE PERSONHOOD POSITION OF COLUMBIA CHRISTIANS FOR LIFE:

Romanist, Jesuit-advised, Americans United for "Life" [sic] senior legal counsel attacks CCL's "Personhood" position

Americans United for "Life" [sic] has been an opponent of State-level Personhood Legislation to END abortion.

September 21, 2009

2009-09-21-Romanist-Jesuit-advised-Americans-United-for-Life-sr-legal-counsel-attacks-CCL-Personhood-position.doc

Catholic CFR-members (two) on Americans United for Life (AUL) Directors/Advisory Boards;

AUL Sr. Legal Counsel attacked Columbia Christians for Life Personhood position

AUL Board of Directors - Catholic CFR-member George S. Weigel, Jr., Ethics and Public Policy Center, Washington, DC

AUL Board of Advisors - Catholic CFR-member Professor Robert P. George, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ

September 22, 2009

2009-09-22-Catholic-CFR-members-Americans-United-for-Life-AUL-Directors-Advisory-Boards.doc

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Article by Executive Director, Right to Life of Montana opposing

the Montana Personhood Constitutional Amendment, and

citing, the opposition or non-support also of, in order:

1) James Bopp, Jr., general (legal) counsel of National Right to LIfe

2) Clarke Forsythe, senior legal counsel of Americans United for Life

3) Montana Roman Catholic Bishops (Montana Catholic Conference),

4) Montana Family Foundation (Montana state affiliate of ecumenical Focus on the Family)

5) Eagle Forum (led by Dame of Malta, Roman Catholic, Phyllis Schlafly, who also

opposes State-level personhood)

6) Concerned Women of America (ecumenical)

Right to Life of Montana Association - "Personhood Initiative"

html/personhood_initiative.html

Right to Life of Montana

1900 Last Chance Gulch, P.O. Box 6787,

Helena, Montana 59601

406-443-0827

Email: life@



RTLM is the official state affiliate of the National Right to Life Committee.

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National Right to Life

Websites or Addresses for State Affiliates

states/index.html

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Right to Life of Montana Association - Personhood Initiative

by Gregg Trude,

Executive Director,

Right to Life of Montana

[ emphasis and editorial comment added by CCL ]

As a Right to Life organization you would think from initial appearances that Right to Life of Montana

should jump on board supporting the Personhood Amendment and be out front leading the charge.

However, as a right to life organization and an affiliate of National Right to Life (NRLC), we have

certain protocol to follow. One is to vote on this endorsement after looking at all the facts, not just

the sound bites coming from the Personhood Amendment promoters, who call themselves “Montana

Pro-Life Coalition.” We as an affiliate of NRLC can utilize their assets, and their legal experts, such

as Jim Bopp, the NRLC national attorney, who has worked in the field of Pro-Life Law for many years.

Jim Bopp wrote an 11 page synopsis of the Personhood Amendment and explained in depth why we should not endorse it at this time, as did Clarke Forsyth[e] of Americans United for Life (AUL). Both of these men are leading scholars [ CCL: sic ] of Constitutional law.

Right to Life of Montana has a Board of Directors and as the Executive Director of this Board of Directors, and also as the NRLC delegate for Montana, the Board looks to me for insight into legislation and anything political. It is my job to digest the information and get it to the Board with my recommendations. It was my input and recommendation that Right to Life of Montana not get endorse this Personhood Amendment. They did not have to go with my recommendation, but after serious consideration, they agreed that to endorse this amendment at this time would be a serious tactical mistake. I am listing the reasons below and then will make a short response to the letter from Cal Zastrow:

[ CCL Note: This six-point list below is one of the most comprehensive, yet succinct examples

that I [ Steve Lefemine ] can recall of faithless, pathetic, contemptible expression

of God-less unbelief regarding the legal effort to END (instead of just "regulate")

child-murder in America. It is through and through a pitiful illustration of

"reckoning without God". ]

1. Constitutional Initiatives in the Pro-Life movement have failed miserably including ones that we poll

high on, such as Parental Notification, Partial Birth Abortion and Taxpayer Funded abortions. The

pro-abortion side outspends us 3-1.

2. If the Montana Personhood Amendment people get enough signatures on the ballot they have

no money raised to combat the media campaign that will come from the other side. The Montana

Personhood Amendment will need a minimum of 6.8 million dollars just to match them. (This was

at our last estimate.)

3. The Personhood Amendment last year raised more money for Planned Parenthood here in Montana

and increased their database of names. Planned Parenthood spent over 1 million dollars last year

just to keep them from getting enough signatures. The Montana Personhood Amendment was over

20,000 signatures short. They have initiated a similar campaign in this election cycle, and have been

emboldened by the support they are getting from events in Washington, D.C.

4. If it gets on the ballot and it gets voted in, it will go the Montana Supreme Court.

5. If it gets through the Montana Supreme Court, it would then go to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals

in San Francisco. This is historically a very liberal court, and supportive of abortion rights [CCL: sic].

6. It would then go the U.S. Supreme Court no matter who wins in the 9th, but the U.S. Supreme Court

does not have to hear the case. However, if it went there, the Court makeup is 4 liberals,

4 conservatives and Justice Kennedy. Kennedy wrote an opinion opposing Partial Birth Abortion

and said that he believes in Roe v. Wade with restrictions. In other words, he believes in the right

to abortion with restrictions. If the case gets to the 9th Circuit or U.S. Supreme Court, it will, in all

likelyhood [CCL: spelling error: likelihood], concrete [CCL: since when is "concrete" a verb ?]

Roe v Wade.

Cal Zastrow, a leader in promoting this amendment, has written some interesting comments, most

of which are erroneous. Does it not make all wonder why the three largest, most active, and most successful Pro-Life organizations in Montana are not endorsing this amendment? Montana Catholic Conference, the Montana Family Foundation [CCL: Focus on the Family affiliate in Montana]

and Right To Life of Montana are not supporting the Personhood Amendment. The three organizations met in Bozeman in June and all agreed that the Personhood Amendment was not a good

idea at this time. The Montana Pro-Life Coalition did ask us to support them and our recommendation

was for them not to go ahead. They were unwilling, or unable to postpone their action until a meeting

us could be arranged. Their response is obvious as they have chosen to push ahead despite all three

organizations strenuous objections. Although we did not meet with the Eagle Forum and Concerned Women of America, they also decided not to support the Personhood Amendment at this time.

[ CCL Note: More can be written about the de facto conspiracy of several of the "conservative"/ "Christian"/ Catholic/Ecumenical Establishment national mega-organizations, such as Focus on the Family, Eagle Forum, and Concerned Women of America, who are linked through the ecumenical spiritual whorehouse known as the Council for National Policy (CNP), which includes and has included some CNP members who were/are 33rd Degree Masons, or members of the New World Order's, Jesuit-ruled, Council on

Foreign Relations (CFR), in addition to numerous adherents of the false religion of Roman Catholicism. ]

Cal Zastrow, has maintained that also mentioned that Roe V Wade is not law, because it was never enacted by a legislative body. If it is not law, then why are abortions legal? [ CCL: THEY ARE NOT. ]

Why do the sitting members of the U.S. Supreme Court say that Roe is the "law of the land". [ CCL: BECAUSE THEY ARE OATH-BREAKERS. Read Article VI. of the U.S. Constitution - SCOTUS decisons/ opinions are NOT listed among the three items explicitly mentioned as "the supreme Law of

the Land." SCOTUS Justice Scalia has said "there is nothing, nothing in the Constitution that guarantees the right to an abortion." ] Reality is that Roe is law, maybe not in the strictest terms

that it was created by legislation, and, yes, it was just an opinion, but, "It is what it is".

The Montana Personhood Amendment people have an agenda. [ YES, A RIGHTEOUS AGENDA - TO END CHILD-MURDER-BY-"ABORTION" - UNLIKE THE VATICAN'S AGENTS SEEKING TO PERPETUATE "ABORTION" AND THE POWER ACCRUED TO ROME BY ALSO PERPETUATING THE ECUMENICAL "PRO-LIFE MOVEMENT" ] They have not shown a good faith intention to develop a true coalition involving reasonable dialogue with other well-established Pro-Life groups.

[ As has been said, "IT IS FAR BETTER TO BE DIVIDED BY TRUTH THAN TO BE UNITED BY ERROR." ] Consistently, they point to judicial tyranny and offer no realistic strategy of how they propose to end it.

Cal is right in maintaining that the Congress has the power to impeach Federal Judges. But when has

this happened to the benefit of a Conservative cause? [ CCL: Article III., Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution

grants authority to the Congress to limit the appellate jurisdiction of the U.S. Supreme Court –

the U.S. Congress and President ( from Nixon to now – including Ronald Reagan ) could have used this means to END child-murder-by-"abortion" 37+ years, and 51+ MILLION dead children

(by surgical abortion alone) ago. ]

continued...

The Montana Pro-Life Coalition is not considering the probable consequences of their Personhood agenda: increased funds for Planned Parenthood, another Pro-Life failure, and most of all - the ability for the other

side to concrete Roe v. Wade and rewrite the interpretation of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

I believe that the MTPLC has their hearts in the right place to try and save babies - but their actions and agenda are wrong and they are racing forth with blinders on, unable to see the road ahead clearly. The result is the potential for a crippling disaster.

I implore you to be cautious when approached to sign the Personhood Amendment petition. Montana Pro-Life Coalition will be at the polls in June to try to get the requisite number of signatures. Please do not

be deceived by the appearance that this is the right thing to do... It is not.

To those of you who have read this, I am available to speak with if you have any questions. Call the Right to Life of Montana office at 443-0827 or e-mail me at gtrude@.

Gregg Trude,

Executive Director,

Right to Life of Montana

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Additional CCL comments on the many fallacies of the Right to Life of Montana Association

- Personhood Initiative article above

Steve Lefemine, pro-life missionary

dir., Columbia Christians for Life

June 18, 2010

- The Right to Life of Montana Association - "Personhood Initiative" statement above is deficient in several respects:

Eight Items:

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 U.S. CONGRESS ???

[ The simple answer (however admittedly counter-intuitive because of over three decades of Vatican

propaganda) 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. ]

As noted earlier, the Roman Catholic Bishops in at least seven States (Michigan, Georgia, Colorado, Montana,

North Dakota, Florida, and Missouri ) have OPPOSED State-Level Personhood legislation. One must ask, why are

the Pope-appointed Bishops of the U.S. Roman Catholic Dioceses in these SEVEN States opposed to State-Level

Personhood legislation ?

AND 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 FOUR FEDERAL PERSONHOOD BILLS PRESENTLY

IN THE US CONGRESS ???: 1) HR 881 (see note), "Right to Life Act " - Introduced in US House, February 4, 2009;

2) HR 227, "Sanctity of Life Act" - Introduced in US House, January 7, 2009; 3) HR 2533, "Sanctity of Life Act of 2009"

[removes jurisdiction of Federal Courts] - Introduced in US House, May 20, 2009; and 4) S 346, "Life at Conception Act –

Introduced in US Senate, January 29, 2009. [ The 2009-2010 Session is the 111th Congress. ]

Note: There is a problem with HR 881, the "Right to Life Act" - unlike the previous version of this legislation in the

110th Congress (HR 618) - an additional sentence has been added in HR 881 which is problematic, i.e.,

"However, nothing in this Act shall be construed to authorize the prosecution of any woman for the death

of her unborn child." This is problematic because theoretically a woman could self-abort and not be prosecuted

under this Act. However there are remedies. If this bill were to see progress in the 111th Congress (2009-2010),

the sentence could be removed by amendment at some point during the legislative process. As it is highly

unlikely that HR 881 will be given a hearing in the 111th Congress, probably the simplest remedy is for the

primary sponsor of the bill, Congressman Duncan D. Hunter, to simply not include this sentence if the bill is

re-introduced in the 112th Congress. If Congressman Hunter is unwilling to do that at initial introduction of

the bill in the 112th Congress, the sentence could still be removed by amendment at some point during the

legislative process.

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; HR 641, "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; HR 2763, "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; HR 3069, "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; HR 618, "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 ) ???

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



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.



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." [ emphasis added ]

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 [emphasis added] is established, the appellant's case [ 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 ]

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



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.

Roe is unconstitutional and therefore illegitimate, it is NOT law, and should be IGNORED by every federal, state, county, and city official (elected and appointed) who takes an oath to uphold the UNITED STATE CONSTITUTION ( NOT SUPREME COURT DECISIONS !!! ).

Christ is King ! In any case, "We ought to obey God rather than men." (Acts 5:29, 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.

Beyond the Pope-appointed Roman Catholic Bishops' failure to support current State-level Personhood Bills or Constitutional Amendments, or Federal Personhood Bills, is the opposition to State-level Personhood legislation expressed by James Bopp, Jr., general (legal) counsel of National Right to Life, and Clarke Forsythe, senior legal counsel of Americans United for Life.

God says, "My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: ..." Hosea 4:6a, KJB

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See additional Reports and Information at:

1) , "Home" page, and "RTL Act of SC" page and "News" page

2)

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

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

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



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



Personhood Amendment Certified for Colorado Ballot for November 2010

Colorado Secretary of State has certified the Personhood Amendment, called Amendment 62

March 26, 2010



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



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STATE-LEVEL PERSONHOOD LEGISLATION HISTORY

2005-2010

STATE-LEVEL PERSONHOOD BILLS and CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS:

HISTORY of State-Level Personhood (and other selected) Legislation, 2005-2010

1) 2005-2006 State-Level Personhood (and other selected) Legislation

- 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

2009-12-07-HISTORY-State-Level-Personhood-and-other-selected-Legislation-2005-2010.doc

SOUTH CAROLINA

Personhood legislation (House 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 on April 13 which allowed for an abortifacient drug to be given to a woman in the case of rape.

Personhood Bill Passes in South Carolina House

newswire/archives/011416.html

April 14, 2005

'South Carolina House Passes Personhood Bill' (with fatal flaw) - April 14, 2005

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



Colorado Personhood Amendment to State Constitution - results of November 4, 2008 ballot initiative

Amendment 48-Definition of Person Results



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



MONTANA

Montana Personhood Constitutional Amendment Passes Senate, First In US History - Press Release

February 26, 2009



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OPPOSITION TO STATE-LEVEL PERSONHOOD BILLS AND AMENDMENTS

by AMERICAN ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOPS and NATIONAL RIGHT TO "LIFE" [sic]:

National Right To Life: The Judas Of The Preborn

By Dr. Patrick Johnston ; The Covenant News ~ July 10, 2006

H3213-S111-159.doc

Anti-abortion constitutional amendment petition falls short in Michigan

National Right to Life does it again - this time in Michigan...

Right to Life of Michigan did not support the petition drive to ban abortion in Michigan by a state constitutional amendment,

and neither did the Michigan Catholic Conference.

H3213-S111-160.doc

Catholic Bishops in Michigan and Michigan chapter of National Right to Life

opposed proposed state personhood constitutional amendment for November 2006 ballot

- Judie Brown (ALL) article, July 10, 2006 - "DEFEAT AT THE HANDS OF OUR FRIENDS" [sic]

- Steve Lefemine (CCL) commentary, March 16, 2009 - The Roman Catholic hierarchy is NOT pro-life !

2009-03-16-Judie-Brown-July-10-2006-MICH-Defeat-at-hands-of-friends.doc

SC's National RTL chapter not supporting RTL Act of SC

- Is SC Citizens for Life really "Pro-Life" ? (flyer for distribution included)

RTLAofSC-07-12.doc

Colorado Catholic Conference (Colorado's three Catholic Bishops) does not back Personhood Amendment

The Denver Post, February 28, 2008, "Catholic Conference does not back personhood amendment"

2008-02-28-DenverPost-CathConf-no-pers-amend.doc

Catholic Bishops in Georgia, Montana, and Colorado opposed state personhood amendments for the pre-born

January 27, 2009 (including Judie Brown (ALL) article from March 7, 2008 - "We remain steadfast, but...")

2009-01-27-Catholic-Bishops-GA-MT-CO-oppose-pers.doc

North Dakota Senate defeats 'personhood' bill

North Dakota Roman Catholic Bishops help defeat bill

April 3, 2009

2009-04-03-ND-Senate-ND-RC-Bishops-defeat-personhood-bill.doc

Catholic Bishops in North Dakota opposed state personhood bill which passed North Dakota House;

opposition of Roman Catholic leaders helped defeat historic personhood bill in North Dakota Senate by 29-16 vote

- Judie Brown (ALL) article, April 3, 2009 - "NORTH DAKOTA BISHOPS NULLIFY PERSONHOOD!"

- Steve Lefemine (CCL) commentary, May 21, 2009 - The Vatican / Roman Catholic hierarchy is NOT pro-life !!!

(Including the Bishops, Cardinals, Pope, Vatican, Jesuit General)

2009-05-21-Judie-Brown-April-3-2009-ND-Bishops-nullify-personhood.doc

Florida Roman Catholic Bishops now ALSO Oppose Personhood Constitutional Amendment to END Child-Murder-by-Abortion

- Roman Catholic Bishops in MICHIGAN (2006), GEORGIA (2008), COLORADO (2008 & 2009), MONTANA (2008),

and NORTH DAKOTA (2009) have also opposed Personhood legislation in their States

September 25, 2009

2009-10-01-FL-Catholic-Bishops-Oppose-Personhood-Amendment-to-END-Child-Murder-by-Abortion.doc

ANTI-PERSONHOOD Roman Catholic Bishops in Montana rebuked

by principled Pro-Personhood Roman Catholic Judie Brown, A.L.L.

- Roman Catholic Bishops in MICHIGAN (2006), GEORGIA (2008), COLORADO (2008 & 2009), MONTANA (2008 & 2009),

NORTH DAKOTA (2009), and FLORIDA (2009) have opposed Personhood legislation in their States

December 9, 2009



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:

- MICHIGAN: 2006

- GEORGIA: 2008

- COLORADO: 2008 & 2009 & 2010

- MONTANA: 2008 & 2009

- NORTH DAKOTA: 2009

- FLORIDA: 2009

- MISSOURI: 2010 [ April 19, 2010 ]



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CCL NOTE: There are many dedicated, indiviudal pro-life Roman Catholics in the pews.

However, the Roman Catholic hierarchy (e.g., Bishops), has opposed

personhood legislation for the unborn, in Michigan (2006); Georgia (2008);

Montana (2008 & 2009); Colorado (2008 & 2009 & 2010); in North Dakota (2009),

where a state-level Personhood Bill made history by passing the North Dakota

House, only to be defeated, with the help of the opposition of the North Dakota

Roman Catholic Bishops, in the North Dakota Senate; in Florida (2009), where

the NINE CATHOLIC DIOCESES (nine Roman Catholic Bishops) of the Florida

Roman Catholic Conference came out officially AGAINST their state's effort to

pass a Florida Personhood Constitutional Amendment to END abortion; and

in Missouri (2010).

Judie Brown (American Life League, president of the nation's largest Catholic grassroots pro-life organization) wrote in an article (2009):

"As we ponder the situation that has arisen not only in North Dakota, but also in states like Colorado, Georgia

and Montana, where Catholic bishops have undermined personhood efforts, we really need to inquire of them regarding the substantive reasons why they are literally taking indefensible positions. As Mr. Hale points out, it has

been 36 years [ CCL Note: since Roe v. Wade in 1973 ] and to this very day not one United States Catholic bishop has ever publicly advocated for personhood. What could the reason for this silence possibly be?"

2009-05-21-Judie-Brown-April-3-2009-ND-Bishops-nullify-personhood.doc

Is there anyone who honestly believes that the American Roman Catholic Bishops could hold and sustain their ongoing opposition to state-level personhood bills WITHOUT THE KNOWLEDGE, ACCEPTANCE, and yes, the APPROVAL OF THE VATICAN !!!? The Bishops are appointed by and answerable to the Pope.





Does anyone honestly believe that: 1) Notre Dame could invite pro-abortion President Barack Obama

to speak on May 17, 2009; or 2) that Boston Archbishop Cardinal Sean O'Malley could preside

at pro-abortion zealot U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy's funeral on August 29, 2009; or 3) that Outspoken, Anti-abortion, Pro-Life hero Roman Catholic Bishop Joe Martino would apparently be forced to

resign as Bishop of the Scranton, PA Diocese as of August 31, 2009, by Rome, without the acceptance / instructions / mandate of the Pope / Vatican / Jesuit General ??!!

The Bishops are opposing these Personhood bills in obedience to the pro-abortion Vatican / Pope / Jesuit General.

The "Pro-Life Movement" has been an ecumenical bonanza for Rome, as per the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965). Rome / The Vatican / The Pope / The Jesuit General do not want the "Pro-Life Movement" to come to an end, by actually bringing an end to "abortion" in America.

As one observant man wrote, "A very large part of the so-called "pro-life" movement is all about Protestants joining hands with the false antichrist religion of Rome to form an unbiblical union. The abortion issue is used by the Babylonian religion of Rome to bring her daughters, the Protestant churches, home to her."

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Roman Catholicism is NOT Biblical Christianity



Five Reasons Why Roman Catholicism is not Biblical Christianity

tiara.asp?printerfriendly=true

Evangelism to Roman Catholics by a former Roman Catholic priest:

The website is the ministry outreach of former Catholic priest Richard Bennett.

From Tradition to Truth - A Priest's Story

Richard Peter Bennett

testimonies/Former_Priests/Richard_Bennett.pdf

Video - A Priest's Story on Location by Richard Bennett



Video (59:19)

Richard Bennett, former Roman Catholic priest, Jesuit-educated, Dominican trained.

Born-again Christian since 1985.

Berean Beacon's DVD - "A Priest's Story on Location." Photos from Richard Bennett's early life,

including a photo taken on the day of his ordination as a Roman Catholic priest. Included also are

1996 video shots taken in Dublin, Ireland at the Jesuit school that he attended, at the priory

where he was trained, and the church where he was ordained to the priesthood. These shots,

together with photos from Trinidad, WI, where he served as a priest, make this DVD a unique

insight into an account of his conversion as a Priest. Please make it known to others and kindly

link to it, if possible. Read also Richards book entitled, "Far from Rome, Near to God:

The Testimonies of Fifty Converted Catholic Priests."

Berean Beacon - - info@

Video - The Biblical Uncovering of the Pope and the Papacy

Sermon message by Jesuit-educated, former Roman Catholic priest, now born-again Christian, Richard Bennett

"... the papacy is the antichrist ..."

watch?v=al-Npc-wKBc&eurl

Video (56:56)

14,827 views (June 27, 2010)



Pope Benedict XVI: True or False Shepherd?

sermoninfo.asp?SID=42608108410

4/20/2008 (SUN) | John 10 (57:04)

Sermon by Mr. John Wagner, pastor

Covenant Free Presbyterian Church, Lexington, South Carolina

New (Ecumenical) Evangelicals and the Papal Fable

"New Evangelicals and the Papal Fable"

"... everything I have said is easily documented. ("If the Pope Wins America, What Will America Be?")

Of course, it goes without saying, everything mentioned pales in comparison to the blasphemy and idolatry

of Roman Catholic dogma and ritual. In short, Rome hates and is determined to crush everything

which is truly biblical, evangelical, Protestant, and American. Those who hide this truth, even yoking

with Romanists under the "Christian banner," are no friends of Christ, no friends to the lost Roman

Catholic people, and certainly no friends of America. The same could also be said of those Christians,

especially pastors and ministry leaders, who may not be ecumenical but also have no zeal to reprove

popish abominations and apparently have no love for the souls of Roman Catholic people."

Mr. Ralph Ovadal, pastor,

Pilgrims Covenant Church, Monroe, Wisconsin

July 8, 2009

2009-07-09-New-Ecumenical-Evangelicals-and-Papal-Fable.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

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"... 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

, Home page and "RTL Act of SC" page [ SC Personhood Bill ]



June 18, 2010 / Corrected and Revised June 27, 2010

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