LEGISLATION FACES UNCERTAIN FUTURE IN STATE SENATE
Supporters of personhood status for unborn children scored a victory in the South Carolina Senate this week. The chamber’s judiciary committee – chaired by S.C. Senator Larry Martin – voted 11-5 to advance their preferred bill (S. 719) to the floor of the full Senate.
That’s the good news …
The bad news? A “minority report” has been placed on this legislation – meaning the full Senate would have to set the bill for special order if it wishes to consider it this session.
For those of you who don’t speak “insider-ese,” allow us to translate …
One Senator has formally objected to this legislation being considered (a.k.a. placing the aforementioned “minority report” on it). This means two-thirds of the chamber must now agree to “set the bill for special order” – which means placing it in a top position on the Senate’s calendar.
(If you really wanna dig deep into all of this procedural rigmarole, click here).
So … who is blocking the bill?
Stay tuned …
We support personhood amendments because we believe in the right to life. We also support fixing the state’s broken adoption laws so that it’s easier for women who decide to choose life.
“You can’t tell women not to abort and then make adoption difficult,” one of our pro-choice readers recently told us.
Fair point …
The bottom line is simple, though: Freedoms must flow from something. There must be an underlying liberty upon which all the others hinge. We believe life is this “underlying liberty” – and we support efforts like this to preserve it.