{"id":240228,"date":"2021-02-18T07:19:03","date_gmt":"2021-02-18T13:19:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=240228"},"modified":"2021-02-18T20:08:33","modified_gmt":"2021-02-19T02:08:33","slug":"south-carolina-house-walk-out-heartbeat-pretend-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/south-carolina-house-walk-out-heartbeat-pretend-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro-abortion South Carolina lawmakers walk out on vote, calling preborn babies ‘pretend life’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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UPDATE, 2\/18\/21<\/strong>: Governor McMaster signed the bill into law<\/a> this afternoon, and pro-abortion groups vowed to file suit immediately.<\/p>\n

2<\/strong>\/18\/21<\/strong>: On Wednesday, the South Carolina House passed<\/a> a bill in a 79 to 35 vote to protect preborn children from the moment a heartbeat is detected. The Senate had already approved<\/a> the measure in January, and it will now head to the desk of Governor Henry McMaster, who has promised to sign the bill as soon as possible.<\/p>\n

However, during the debate on the House floor, pro-abortion House members walked out<\/a> in protest after one member called it a “farce of a vote about pretend life.”<\/p>\n

“… Ladies and gentlemen of the House, the Democratic Caucus will exit the House floor, and leave you<\/em> all to the farce which is a debate about… life?<\/em>” the member concluded. Watch:<\/p>\n