[Apologetics] Opt Out of Abortion Advances in SC House

[DianneD]

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>Subject: Opt Out of Abortion Advances in SC House
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>South Carolina Citizens for Life  
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>From:   Holly Gatling, Executive Director    
>Subject:    Opt Out of abortion advances                
>Opt Out of Abortion advances toward final passage 
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>COLUMBIA, S.C. -- A subcommittee of the S.C. House Labor, Commerce, and Industry Committee rebuffed pro-abortion groups Tuesday afternoon and passed Senate bill S102 to opt South Carolina out of paying for most abortions if ObamaCare insurance
exchanges are implemented in 2014. 
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>Without the Opt Out law in place, government funding would pay for all elective abortions.  In 2010, the lasted year for which information is available, there were 6,464 abortions in South Carolina, according to
the SC Department of Health and Environment Control. 
>The measure passed without amendments by a vote of 4-1 with one abstention.  It now goes to the full LCI Committee.  Supporting passage of the Opt Out law are
organizations representing hundreds of thousands of South Carolinians including South Carolina Citizens for Life, the Palmetto Family Council, the Southern Baptist Convention, the Catholic Diocese of Charleston, the Christian World View Center of North Greenville University, the South Carolina Association of Pregnancy Care Centers and numerous individuals.   
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>Voting in favor of the Opt Out bill were LCI Chairman Bill Sandifer, R-Oconee, and Representatives Steve Parker, R-Spartanburg, Kris Crawford, R-Florence, and Gene Pinson, R-Greenwood.  Carl Anderson, D-Georgetown-Williamsburg opposed the bill. Grady Brown, D-Lee-Sumter abstained from voting. 
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>During testimony, Chairman Sandifer swiftly shot down the pro-abortion argument of Victoria Middleton, executive director of the South Carolina American Civil Liberties Union who opposes the Opt Out bill.  He pointed out that the ACLU unsuccessfully attempted to enjoin the Opt Out provisions of ObamaCare in Kansas and Missouri.  “Are you aware of that?” he asked. Ms. Middleton said she was.  Representative Sanford dismissed her further arguments saying, “I understand your request.  It is not based on constitutionality.”  
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>Elaine Faithful, a spokeswoman for the South Carolina Coalition of Health Families, also opposed the Opt Out bill. Philosophically aligned with the National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League(NARAL) the coalition opposes informed consent and waiting periods before an abortion is
performed.    http://www.schealthyfamilies.org/issues/privacy.aspx 
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>Last week the House Judiciary Committee passed the Born-Alive Infant Protection Act (S.1149) which could come up for a vote in the full House as early as this week. 
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>If the S.C. House passes both bills without amendments, the bills will go to Governor Nikki Haley for her signature and become the 12th and 13th pro-life laws passed in South Carolina. 
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