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Personhood State Constitutional Amendment Re-introduced in Maryland Legislature

Maryland Personhood Amendment

Maryland HOUSE BILL 1078 - CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
http://mlis.state.md.us/2010rs/billfile/hb1078.htm

HOUSE BILL 1078 - CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations

Synopsis:
Proposing an amendment to the Maryland Declaration of Rights to establish that the right not to be deprived of life is vested in all human beings,
irrespective of age, health, function, physical dependency, or method of reproduction, from the beginning of their biological development;
making technical changes; and submitting the amendment to the qualified voters of the State of Maryland for their adoption or rejection.

Sponsored By:
Delegates Dwyer, Aumann, Bates, Boteler, Burns, Costa, Elliott, Impallaria, Jennings, King, Kipke, Krebs, McConkey, Miller,
Minnick, O'Donnell, Schuh, Shank, Shewell, and Stocksdale

History by Legislative and Calendar Date:

House Action
2/17 - First Reading Health and Government Operations

HOUSE BILL 1078 - CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT (Text)
http://mlis.state.md.us/2010rs/bills/hb/hb1078f.pdf

Note: The Maryland Personhood Amendment was previously introduced in 2009 as HOUSE BILL 925 - CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.
          http://mlis.state.md.us/2009RS/billfile/HB0925.htm

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Maryland is one of 16 States which have had Personhood Legislation filed in 2009-2010.

Alabama             Personhood Bill filed in Legislature
Alaska                 Personhood Bill Ballot Initiative
California            Personhood Constitutional Amendment Ballot Initiative
Colorado             Personhood Constitutional Amendment Ballot Initiative
Florida                 Personhood Constitutional Amendment Ballot Initiative
Georgia               Personhood Constitutional Amendment filed in Legislature
Iowa                     Personhood Constitutional Amendment filed in Legislature
Maryland             Personhood Constitutional Amendment filed in Legislature (2009)
Maryland             Personhood Constitutional Amendment filed in Legislature (2010)
Michigan             Personhood Constitutional Amendment filed in Legislature
Mississippi         Personhood Constitutional Amendment Ballot Initiatives (2)
Missouri              Personhood Constitutional Amendment Ballot Initiative
Montana              Personhood Constitutional Amend PASSED MT Senate; DEFEATED in MT House (2009)
Montana              Personhood Constitutional Amendment Ballot Initiative
Nevada                Personhood Constitutional Amendment Ballot Initiative
North Dakora      Personhood Bill PASSED ND House; DEFEATED in ND Senate (2009)
Oregon                Personhood Constitutional Amendment Ballot Initiative
South Carolina   Personhood Bills (2) filed in Legislature

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16 States have had Personhood Legislation efforts filed in 2009-2010:

1)  Three States have had Personhood Bills filed in their Legislatures (AL, ND and SC(2)).
      [Georgia also has had a bill asserting fetal personhood as a legislative finding of fact;
        Virginia also has had a principled "right to life" bill filed. ]

2)  One State has had a Personhood Bill ballot initiative / petition drive filed (AK).

3)  Five States have had Personhood Constitutional Amendments filed in their
     Legislatures (GA, IA, MD, MI and MT).

4)  Eight States have had Personhood Constitutional Amendments ballot initiatives /
     petition drives filed (CA, CO, FL, MS(2), MO, MT, NV, OR).

Two States, North Dakota and Montana, made history in the 2009 legislative session by becoming the
first States to pass intact Personhood legislation in one of the chambers of their Legislatures, before
failing in the other chamber. The North Dakota House passed a Personhood Bill on Feb. 17, 2009,
and the Montana Senate passed a Personhood Constitutional Amendment on Feb. 26, 2009. (In 2005,
Personhood legislation (Bill) was also passed in the South Carolina House, but was fatally flawed when
a rape exception amendment was added on the SC House floor prior to passage.):

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

Montana Personhood Constitutional Amendment Passes Senate, First In US History - Press Release (E-mail)
February 26, 2009
www.christianlifeandliberty.net/2009-02-27-PERS-MONT-passSenate-e-m...

North Dakota Senate defeats 'personhood' bill
North Dakota Roman Catholic Bishops help defeat bill
April 3, 2009
www.christianlifeandliberty.net/2009-04-03-ND-Senate-ND-RC-Bishops-...

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

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

These are the only two States (ND and MT) to date which have passed intact Personhood Legislation through
at least one chamber of their State Legislature, to date.

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However, one other state, Colorado, also made history, on November 4, 2008, by becoming the
first State to have a Personhood Constitutional Amendment on the General Election ballot:

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-defin... /
100% reporting ( 3215 precincts )
Ballot-Vote   Vote percentage    Vote count
No                    73.2%                (1,605,978)
Yes                   26.7%               (585,561)

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STATE-LEVEL PERSONHOOD BILLS and CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS:

2009-2010

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...

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-Pe... .

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-Cons...

Maryland Personhood Amendment
Maryland HOUSE BILL 1078 - CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
http://mlis.state.md.us/2010rs/billfile/hb1078.htm

HOUSE BILL 1078 - CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations

Synopsis:
Proposing an amendment to the Maryland Declaration of Rights to establish that the right not to be deprived of life is vested in all human beings,
irrespective of age, health, function, physical dependency, or method of reproduction, from the beginning of their biological development;
making technical changes; and submitting the amendment to the qualified voters of the State of Maryland for their adoption or rejection.

Sponsored By:
Delegates Dwyer, Aumann, Bates, Boteler, Burns, Costa, Elliott, Impallaria, Jennings, King, Kipke, Krebs, McConkey, Miller,
Minnick, O'Donnell, Schuh, Shank, Shewell, and Stocksdale

History by Legislative and Calendar Date:

House Action
2/17 - First Reading Health and Government Operations

HOUSE BILL 1078 - CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT (Text)
http://mlis.state.md.us/2010rs/bills/hb/hb1078f.pdf

2007-2008

2007-2008 State-Level Personhood (and other selected) Legislation
- Including State-Level Personhood Bills and Constitutional Amendments
- CO, GA, MISS, MT, OR, SC, VA
Updated February 14, 2008 / Corrected and Revised Nov. 19, 2009
www.christianlifeandliberty.net/2009-11-19-2007-2008-State-Level-Pe...

2005-2006

2005-2006 State-Level Personhood (and other selected) Legislation
- Including State-Level Personhood Bills and Constitutional Amendments
- GA, MICH, MISS, SC
April 21, 2006 / Corrected and Revised Nov. 28, 2009
www.christianlifeandliberty.net/2009-11-20-2005-2006-State-Level-Pe...

1997-2010

HISTORY, 1997-2010, of State-Level Personhood (and other selected) Legislation
1) 1997-1998 State-Level Personhood Legislation
     - one State with Personhood Legislation filed: SC
2) 1999-2000 State-Level Personhood Legislation
     - one State with Personhood Legislation filed: SC
3) 2001-2002 State-Level Personhood Legislation
     - two States with Personhood Legislation efforts filed: OR, SC
4) 2003-2004 State-Level Personhood (and other selected) Legislation
     - one State with Personhood Legislation filed: SC
5) 2005-2006 State-Level Personhood (and other selected) Legislation
    - three States with Personhood Legislation efforts filed: MICH, MISS, SC
6) 2007-2008 State-Level Personhood (and other selected) Legislation
     - six States with Personhood Legislation efforts filed: CO, GA, MISS, MT, OR, SC
7) 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/2009-12-28-HISTORY-1997-2010-State-...

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SUPPORT ONLY PRO-PERSONHOOD CANDIDATES IN 2010 - in Primaries, and in the November 2010 General Election:

This is the standard by which candidates for state and federal office should be judged in the 2010 Election season:

ONLY SUPPORT CANDIDATES WHO PUBLICLY ENDORSE LEGAL PERSONHOOD FOR THE PRE-BORN.

"PERSONHOOD" is the KEY to ENDING Child-Murder-by-"Abortion" - listen to the words of the U.S. Supreme Court
Justices themselves in the actual [ second ] Oral Arguments [ October 11, 1972 ] of the Roe v. Wade case (1973):

(AUDIO) - The Importance of PERSONHOOD - In Their Own Words - U.S. Supreme Court Roe v. Wade case
http://montanaprolifecoalition.org/approach.htm

CHILD-MURDER BY "ABORTION" CAN BE ENDED BY RECOGNIZING THE PERSONHOOD
OF PRE-BIRTH HUMAN BEINGS, AT FERTILIZATION, WITHOUT EXCEPTIONS.

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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 a style="COLOR: blue; CURSOR: pointer; TEXT-DECORATION: underline" href="mailto:CCL@ChristianLifeandLiberty.net">CCL@ChristianLifeandLiberty.net>
www.ChristianLifeandLiberty.net, Home page and "RTL Act of SC" page [ SC Personhood Bill ]
www.RighttoLifeActofSC.net
February 24, 2010

TY Ken & Brenda Battle Jordan

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