Pro-Life Bills Pass SC House

The South Carolina House of Representatives gave second reading yesterday to not one, but two strong pro-life bills.

The legislation changing the reflection period before an abortion from the current one hour to the national standard 24 hours passed by a vote of 83-28. That after a full afternoon of debate and a series of failed amendments.

Then, the House immediately took up the Born Alive Infant Protection Act and passed it 105-5. The BIAPA requires medical assistance for a child born as the result of a botched abortion. The federal version of the legislation passed several years ago after nurses reported newborns being allowed to die after surviving attempted abortions.