Funding for Abortions Involving Rape, Incest Under Knife
A Senate subcommittee passed the proviso Tuesday that would cut funding as part of the state health plan.
South Carolina's state health plan would not pay for abortions in the case of rape or incest, according to a budget proviso passed by a Senate subcommittee Tuesday. The proviso would only allow for the health plan to cover abortions if the life of the mother is in danger, according to a report in The State. Sen. Kevin Bryant, R-Anderson, sponsored the proviso, according to the report. If it passes the full Senate Finance Committee, it will remain in place for one year. “We’re focusing on the rights and the liberty of an unborn child, and I can’t understand why the life of a child that’s a victim ought to be terminated,” Bryant told The State. The current state health plan (which covers more than 400,000 people, according to the article) …
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stanley seigler
1:58 pm on Wednesday, April 25, 2012
@Nell: "...It is an absolutely horrible experience...Especially, what will happen if the child happens to be "special needs"? never possible to know how "absolutely horrible" a rape must be...also it must be absolutely horrible to have make a decision to have/not have an abortion...but this choice should be a woman's not the government...ironic those who want to get govt out of our lives...fight … more ›