SC legislature advance bill to exercise eminent domain over child-bearing

The Nanney-state and her male allies are crowing that they have made abortion just a little harder for women who don't have the means to stay overnight before undoing the legislative mandate to birth the child of a rapist or a perverted relative:

General Assembly Saves 24-Hour Abortion Bill

Waiting Period Gives Day Long Reflecting Period Before Terminating Life

Columbia, SC – June 16, 2010 – With just hours left in the 2010 session, the South Carolina General Assembly passed a bill requiring women to wait 24-hours before having an abortion. Chaired by State Senator Kevin Bryant, a conference committee came to an agreement that will lower the number of abortions in South Carolina.

South Carolina is currently the only state in the country to have a one-hour waiting period for abortions – the shortest waiting period of all states with a waiting period. The new law would require a 24-hour waiting period upon printed materials about abortion being given to the patient. Information will also be placed on an interactive website created by DHEC.

The extended period would give women a full day of reflection before making one of the biggest decisions of their lives. The additional time to reflect on the risks of and alternatives to abortion will lower the number of abortions in South Carolina, help protect more unborn children and give mothers more time to consider the health risks.

Senators Kevin Bryant (R-Anderson), Jake Knotts (R-Lexington) and Brad Hutto (D-Orangeburg) and Representatives Greg Delleney (R-Chester), Wendy Nanney (R- Greenville) and Ted Vick (D-Chesterfield) served on the conference committee.