Is it a clump of cells? A glob of goo? Tissue? No! It’s still a baby!
The only five women in the SC Senate, from both sides of the aisle, fought to maintain abortion rights in the state the last full week of May by voting “nay” on Senate bill S0474, the Fetal Heartbeat bill. This was the second round of fighting for abortion rights after the five female Senators filibustered against another right to life bill in April.
In both instances the five female Senators garnered lots of local and national media coverage. They all agreed that they have several things in common: All are women, All are Moms, All are SC Senators, and All are pro-abortion.
Three female Senators ran on the Republican platform, which is pro-life: Penry Gustafson, R-District 27, Kershaw County; Sandy Senn, R-District 41, Charleston County, and; Katrina Shealy, R-District 23, Lexington County. Two of the five females ran on the Democrat platform which is not Pro-life: Senators Margie Bright Matthews, D-District 45, Walterboro; Mia McLeod, D-District 22, Columbia NE. These five joined 16 Democrat Senators in voting against the bill.
Charleston Republican Senator Sandy Senn was interviewed by CBS Evening News where she said she “cried this morning” (about the bill passing). She added that “if we would have had three more women in addition to the Democrat’s we would have been able to hold this.”
Lexington Senator Katrina Shealy stated on the same interview “We have to fight hard to keep our seats and keep the women we have, and work hard to get more women in the Senate.”
Although the bill passed, many think it is concerning that these five women are insensitive to the fact that most abortions are not performed to save the mother’s life, nor because of rape or incest but as a matter of convenience or economic reasons.
A survey of more than 2.4 million aborting women performed by the states of Florida, Louisiana, Minnesota, Nebraska, South Dakota and Utah during the years 1996 to 2020. Data showed the following statistics:
1.14% are done to save the life or physical health of the mother.
1.28% to preserve the mental health of the mother.
0.39% in cases of rape or incest.
0.69% for fetal birth defects, or eugenics.
3.50% for all the “hard cases” combined.
96.50% of all abortions are therefore performed for social or economic reasons.
Notice that well over 95% of those who receive abortions are not for rape or incest, but in fact for economic or social reasons.
What the five Senators inadvertently promote is a violation of the law concerning “fornication” or loose morals. And, even though some disagree with the state’s moral code on adultery and fornication, they are still laws on the books. And these female Senators are promoting a loose moral code to citizens of this State.
SC law codes Section 16-15-60, 70, and 80 deal with adultery and fornication. Although many think they may be antiquated, don’t apply, or even think they don’t exist, they are laws on the books.
In these statutes all deal with sexual promiscuity and how it affects individuals and families, and the moral code of our society. If one is guilty of the crime of adultery or fornication there is a penalty: a fine or even prison time may be the ruling.
“Adultery” and “Fornication” are both defined as “living together and carnal intercourse with each other or habitual carnal intercourse with each other without living together of a man and woman…” The difference being whether or not the man and woman are married when either is lawfully married to some other person, or unmarried and having carnal intercourse both being unmarried.
When this bill passed the Senate and was signed by the Governor becoming state law, it was immediately challenged and is headed to the SC Supreme Court. Those challenging the Act include: Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, Katherine Farris, M.D., Greenville Woman’s Clinic, and Terry L. Buffkin, M.D.
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