5 things to know about the SC Freedom Caucus supporting the abortion death penalty bill
Women who get abortions in South Carolina could face the death penalty under a bill supported heavily by the House Freedom Caucus. What exactly is ...
Women who get abortions in South Carolina could face the death penalty under a bill supported heavily by the House Freedom Caucus. What exactly is this group of legislators? The S.C. House bill, the South Carolina Pre-Natal Equal Protection Act, if it became law, would potentially make abortion punishable like murders — with sentences of 30 years in prison up to the death penalty. However, the bill does make an exemption for a woman who has an abortion if 'she was compelled to do so by the threat of imminent death or great bodily injury.