Posted on 12/16/2019 7:10:58 PM PST by Morgana
COLUMBIA With a Senate showdown looming over a measure to essentially outlaw abortions in South Carolina, a Democratic lawmaker wants to make sure women who would be forced to bring unwanted pregnancies to term are compensated for them.
State Sen. Mia McLeod on Wednesday prefiled legislation arguing that women compelled to give birth against their will are gestational surrogates who have a right to be paid for their services.
Clearly the state has indicated it has a vested interest in this issue, so if that is the case, and if we are about to do what would be required under the fetal heartbeat bill, then surely there would be some provisions made for the women and girls who are forced to carry these babies to term, McLeod said of her South Carolina Pro Birth Accountability Act.
Last month, the Senate Medical Affairs Committee voted 9-6 along party lines to advance a bill that would prohibit abortions as soon as a heartbeat is detected by ultrasound sometimes as early as five weeks into a pregnancy.
Providers who violate the law or fail to determine whether a heartbeat is present before ending a pregnancy could be jailed for two years or fined $10,000. Lawmakers included exceptions for victims of rape or incest up to 20 weeks pregnant with verification from law enforcement.
House approval for the bill, H. 3020, came in April, and Gov. Henry McMaster has said hell sign it with or without the exemption for crime victims.
Eight states have similar laws on the books, but all of them are facing legal battles due to the 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court that legalized abortion. McLeod said her proposal is the first of its kind in the nation.
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are all your politicians this...this...
How about adoption? Sheesh, these people are crazy
Hmm...if laws against abortion are unconstitutional, so are laws against prostitution.
You would think by the sound of it their life is going to come to an end because they have to carry a baby to term for 9 count it 9 freaking months. A mother elephant carries hers for 22 but they only have to for 9 and they act like that is going to kill them!
God is there any way women won’t find to make money off their vagina?
we already pay for them it is called welfare and we continue to pay for 18 years.
If they spread their legs and make a baby then it is not up to me to kill it or raise it.
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Maybe Islam is right about women.
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