The proposal was approved by the state Senate on January 28. She faces a final procedural vote in the House on Thursday that is unlikely to change the outcome and will be sent to the governor for her signature. Republican Governor Henry McMaster promised to sign the measure as soon as possible.
The Chamber voted 79-35 in favor of the bill after almost all members of the Democratic caucus came out in protestst at one point.
Some Democrats stayed behind while Republicans eliminated more than 100 proposed amendments.
After a press conference to speak out against the project, several others Democrats have again voiced their opposition to the move, which came up for debate in the legislature countless times in the past decade.
Almost all members of the Chamber were later present for the vote.
“You love the fetus in the womb. But when it’s born, it’s a different reaction, ”Said Representative Gilda Cobb-Hunter from Orangeburg, the oldest member of the Chamber at 29 years old.
Several Republican lawmakers spoke in favor of the bill.
Congresswoman Melissa Lackey Oremus said that many women have mixed feelings when they become pregnant, especially when they are not where they would like to be in life.
“They don’t deserve to die just because your mom made a bad choice one nightt, ”said Oremus.
The project requires doctors to perform ultrasound to check [preliminary signs of] a heartbeat in the fetus. If such a pulse is detected, abortion can only be performed if the pregnancy was caused by rape or incest or if the mother’s life is in danger.
About a dozen other states have approved similar or more restrictive abortion bans, which could take effect if the supreme court with three judges appointed by former Republican President Donald Trump overthrew Roe v. Wade, the 1973 court ruling that supported abortion rights.
Lawsuits will follow if the bill becomes law.