SOUTH CAROLINA BAPTIST CONVENTIONOFFICE OF PUBLIC POLICYLEGISLATIVE UPDATE S.C. Supreme Court Sets Oral Arguments  Following a decision by a majority of this Court that the Fetal Heartbeat and Protection from Abortion Act, S.C. Code Ann. §§ 44-41-610 to -740 (Supp. 2022) (the 2021 Act), was unconstitutional, the South Carolina General Assembly revised the 2021 Act and enacted
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South Carolina Baptist Convention Office of Public Policy URGENT ALERT Today, the South Carolina Senate will take up the Heartbeat Bill. Last week, after a marathon session that saw over 1000 amendments put up to stall and destroy the bill, the House passed S474. Today the Senate is being pummeled by pro-choice advocates who are
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SCBaptist OFFICE OF PUBLIC POLICY LEGISLATIVE UPDATE After a two-day marathon that saw Democrats in the House try to run out the clock by putting up 1000 amendments, the Heartbeat Bill passed the South Carolina House 82-32. The drama began on Tuesday as the House convened with the Republican leadership facing 1000 amendments and numerous
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SOUTH CAROLINA BAPTIST CONVENTION LEGISLATIVE UPDATE Please be much in prayer this weekend and through next week for the South Carolina House. Today (Thursday, May 11) is the official last day of the 2023 Legislative Session. Yesterday, the Governor confirmed he is calling the House back into session beginning Tuesday, May 16. Speaker of the
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SOUTH CAROLINA BAPTIST OFFICE OF PUBLIC POLICY LEGISLATIVE UPDATE As my last update stated, there has been significant movement in the Legislature on passing a pro-life bill before the end of the session (which is Thursday, May 11). S474, passed by the Senate earlier this year, has been amended and is now being debated in
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SCBC OFFICE OF PUBLIC POLICY LEGISLATIVE UPDATE Exciting news! The House and Senate are having discussions that might lead to the passage of a pro-life bill. We are fast approaching the end of the 2023 Legislative session. With only three days to go this week, it will take a minor miracle to get a bill
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On May 2, South Carolina Baptist leaders Tony Wolfe, Tony Beam, Bryant Sims and others visited the State House to meet with legislators, Governor Henry McMaster, and Speaker Murrell Smith. Their mission was to discuss and pray for a pro-life path forward as the legislative session winds down. South Carolina currently has some of the
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SOUTH CAROLINA BAPTIST CONVENTION OFFICE OF PUBLIC POLICY UPDATE Thursday, April 27, was a very sad day for the South Carolina Senate. Six Republican Senators joined the Democrats in the Chamber to filibuster H3774, preventing it from coming to the floor for a vote. The Human Life Protection Act, passed by the House, would have
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SOUTH CAROLINA BAPTIST CONVENTION OFFICE OF PUBLIC POLICY URGENT CALL FOR ACTION FOR THE SOUTH CAROLINA SENATE This week, the leadership of the South Carolina Senate led their colleagues to agree to set the Human Life Protection Act (H3774) for special order. What this means is the Senate will bring the bill to the floor
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SC LEGISLATIVE UPDATE OFFICE OF PUBLIC POLICY 3/5/2023 There have been several meetings between Legislators and grass roots, pro-life leaders over the last few weeks. However, so far there has been no progress made on getting a pro-life bill passed before the end of the session. The February numbers from DHEC on abortion were as
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