Fetal Pain Bill Advances to Full SC House

  By Holly Gatling, executive director, South Carolina Citizens for Life By a strong majority, the South Carolina House Judiciary Committee Tuesday passed the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act (H 4223), moving the life-protecting law to the full S.C. House. H 4223 is modeled after National Right to Life’s similar law that has already passed …

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NRLC director of State Legislation testifies in South Carolina in favor of Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act

  South Carolina lawmakers are considering H 4223, a bill that would create a compelling state interest in protecting unborn children capable of feeling pain from death by abortion. To date, 10 other states have passed laws that protect the pain-capable unborn child. The U.S. Senate also is considering similar legislation and the U.S. House …

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