Charleston, S.C., Oct 24, 2019 / 16:59 pm
A senate subcommittee in South Carolina has removed two exemptions from a fetal heartbeat bill, which would ban abortions after a baby's heartbeat can be detected, at roughly six weeks into pregnancy.
On Tuesday, the Senate's Medical Affairs Subcommittee voted 4-3 to remove amendment H.3020 - an exception to the abortion ban in cases of rape and incest. The bill still allows for abortion in cases determined to be medical emergencies.
The amendment to remove the rape and incest exceptions was introduced by Republican state senator Richard Cash.
"You are in fact killing an innocent human being. Whether you mean to or not, you are punishing a person wrongfully for something he or she had nothing to do with," Cash said, according to The State.