An unexpected sum of $1.8 million has popped up in a South Carolina state account, and it is now causing conflict amongst state officials who don’t know where it came from or how it should be used. Secret $1.8 Billion Fund South Carolina state officials recently discovered $1.8 billion in funds lying in state accounts. […]
On Thursday, the state Senate passed more restrictions on abortion, though stopped short of a near-total ban. The result, as one abortion-rights advocate put it, was a “six-week ban with a bit more cruelty on top.”
South Carolina is aiming to become the latest state to pass a so-called âheartbeatâ pro-life bill. The bill prohibits the abortion of any preborn child once a heartbeat is detected, except in instances of rape or incest. The stateâs House Judiciary Committee approved the bill last Tuesday, and it had already easily passed in the stateâs Senate. The measure is expected to pass in the Republican-controlled state House and be signed into law by Republican Governor Henry McMaster.
Expecting fierce legal opposition, South Carolinaâs Citizens for Life executive director Holly Gatling noted that the state is ready to defend the bill. She observed, âOur pro-life attorney general Alan Wilson has pledged to defend the law which gives a pregnant woman the right to know her baby has a heartbeat and the right to hear the heartbeat if she so chooses.â