{"id":213603,"date":"2019-11-07T10:45:20","date_gmt":"2019-11-07T16:45:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=213603"},"modified":"2019-11-07T00:43:26","modified_gmt":"2019-11-07T06:43:26","slug":"south-carolina-heartbeat-bill-preborn-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/south-carolina-heartbeat-bill-preborn-children\/","title":{"rendered":"South Carolina legislators advance ‘heartbeat bill’ to protect preborn children"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A South Carolina Senate committee has advanced a bill that would ban almost all abortions in the state, with exceptions for rape, incest, and life of the mother. (See more here<\/a> on why abortion is not medically necessary.) The bill is the state’s own version of the “heartbeat bill,” banning abortion after an ultrasound detects the preborn child’s heartbeat, which is usually around six weeks of gestation. The bill<\/a> has already passed the House and next heads to the full Senate for a vote.<\/p>\n

According to Charleston’s The Post and Courier<\/a>, the bill passed the Senate Medical Affairs Committee with a vote of 9 to 6. The passage only came after exceptions for rape and incest were added into the draft, although those exceptions only apply if the crimes are reported. If the bill passes and goes into effect, abortion providers who violate the law could face a $10,000 fine and up to two years in jail.<\/p>\n

READ:\u00a0ACOG \u2018early pregnancy loss\u2019 bulletin indicates preborn child\u2019s heartbeat is evidence of life<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n