
South Carolina GOP lawmakers are once again attempting to classify abortion as homicide in the state, opening up abortion recipients to the death penalty.
The state already boasts one of the strictest abortion bans in the nation, barring the procedure after six weeks with very few exceptions. The new bill would redefine personhood in state law to include an “unborn child at every stage of development from fertilization until birth.” As such, any abortion carried out in the state would be homicide.