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TexasTowelie

(111,280 posts)
Sat Jan 23, 2021, 05:35 AM Jan 2021

South Carolina abortion limits bill with no rape exception nears debate

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina’s state senators, emboldened by their newly expanded GOP majority, are nearing floor debate on a bill that would ban almost all abortions in the state without exceptions for pregnancies caused by rape or incest.

Bills seeking stricter abortion limits have been debated for years in the General Assembly, regularly failing when Senate Republicans couldn’t get enough votes to clear a procedural hurdle. But abortion foes have expressed confidence this year will be different after Republicans flipped three Senate seats for a 30-16 advantage.

The “South Carolina Fetal Heartbeat and Protection from Abortion Act” was sent to the full Senate by a key committee on Thursday. It would require doctors to use an ultrasound to search for a fetal heartbeat if a woman appears to be at least eight weeks pregnant. If a heartbeat is detected, which is typically around the sixth week of a pregnancy, an abortion would be illegal unless the life of the mother is at risk.

Doctors could be convicted of a felony if they don’t check for a heartbeat or perform an abortion anyway and face up to two years in prison. The woman having the abortion would not face punishment.

Read more: https://apnews.com/article/bills-south-carolina-af77da594477fc1b82431f47c5ba4c5d

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South Carolina abortion limits bill with no rape exception nears debate (Original Post) TexasTowelie Jan 2021 OP
I'm going to guess that none of them have ever been pregnant themselves. PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2021 #1
+ about a million. Dark n Stormy Knight Jan 2021 #3
If men got pregnant, abortion would be a sacrament! SheltieLover Jan 2021 #5
Going for the vote of those that rape? safeinOhio Jan 2021 #2
Obviously! SheltieLover Jan 2021 #6
The state should pay all related expenses. OneBro Jan 2021 #4

PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,746 posts)
1. I'm going to guess that none of them have ever been pregnant themselves.
Sat Jan 23, 2021, 06:04 AM
Jan 2021

The bastards. They have zero clue about why women have abortions. Oh, and I'm going to go out on a limb here and guess they don't support things like prenatal care.

OneBro

(1,159 posts)
4. The state should pay all related expenses.
Sat Jan 23, 2021, 08:30 AM
Jan 2021

If a state forces someone to have a rapist’s baby, then at a minimum the state should pay for all expenses necessary to raise and educate the child through college, plus the woman’s lifetime mental and physical health expenses related to being forced to carry the child.

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