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South Carolina's newest 'Pro-life' bill would subject people getting abortions to the death penalty [1]

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Date: 2023-03-04  

The bill was introduced at the end of February by state Rep. Rob Harris (R-Spartanburg County), who said, “We have due process laws, as long as they’re followed. I’m not inventing any new processes. The constitution of both states require due process and equal protection. So if you’re accused of stealing a candy bar, if you’re accused of murdering somebody, it would go through the same process.” (But what if a fetus steals a candy bar Mr. Harris? Maybe it’s time to cut off its hand? Just asking questions over here.)

Director of public affairs for Planned Parenthood, Vicki Ringer, told WBTW “That’s a hard pill to swallow for anybody. To recognize that you are not valuable. To call this equal protection, it is far from equal. It is giving greater weight to a fertilized egg, embryo, or fetus than it is to a human being. You can consider a fetus to be a person, but you can’t consider it to have more weight than the living person who is a life fully lived on this planet.”

The kind of people supporting this legislation are folks like William “Bill” Chumley, best known around these here parts for fighting against businesses’ right to mandate masks during the COVID-19 pandemic, and before that trying to ban non-existent Sharia Law from being practiced in South Carolina. Seems like Harris is really wallowing in bottom of the barrel company these days. If you think Harris truly hates the idea of reproductive rights, never fear, he told WBTW that there would be exceptions for people who were pressured or had the decision made for them by somebody else.

What does that mean? Like everything state Rep. Harris has said on this subject, the vague and mealy-mouthedness of it all tells you everything you need to know about his integrity on the matter.

Elie Mystal, justice correspondent for The Nation talked about what the anti-reproductive rights movement plans were, including laws like H.B. 3549 with Markos and Kerry on Daily Kos’ The Brief podcast back in May of 2022.

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