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South Carolina Passes Heartbeat Bill. Political Opponents Call Preborn Babies ‘Pretend Life.’
Posted on AllSides February 19th, 2021
From The Right
ANALYSIS
South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster (R) signed a heartbeat bill into law on Thursday, which prohibits abortion after a preborn’s heartbeat can be detected, usually at six to eight weeks gestation.
Officially known as the South Carolina Fetal Heartbeat and Protection from Abortion Act, the law requires a test for a fetal heartbeat to be performed before allowing an abortion to proceed. Anyone performing an abortion after a heartbeat is detected would be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be fined $10,000, imprisoned not more than two years, or both.
Just prior to a final vote on Wednesday in the South Carolina House of Representatives, the last chamber to approve the bill, a number of members of the Democratic caucus got up and left following a speech by Representative Todd Rutherford (D), who announced the walkout while calling the bill a “farce” about “pretend life.”
“The Democratic caucus chooses not to enter into that fray,” Rutherford said, followed by the scene of members exiting the chamber.
