South Carolina Equal Protection Amendment Fails
In a special called session of the South Carolina legislature, S.474 (Heartbeat Bill) was passed. Before its passing, Representative Rob Harris submitted Amendment 7 “to both protect the unborn and obey the SC and US constitutions” by giving equal protection to our neighbors in the womb. Pro-life politician John McCravy spoke against the amendment and the amendment failed 32-66. A video of Harris speaking for and McCravy speaking against the amendment can be found here.
Alabama Equal Protection Bill Filed
State Representative Ernie Yarbrough filed HB454, the Equal Protection Act, on May 11, 2023 in Alabama. The bill has been assigned to the House Judiciary Committee where is must pass before it can move to a floor vote. As of publication, no hearing date has been set. 1819 News reported on the filing here and included an interview with End Abortion Alabama.
Equal Protection South Carolina Starts Podcast
Mark Corral and Matt Brock of Equal Protection South Carolina recorded and released their first podcast episode on May 18th concerning the passage of South Carolina’s Heartbeat Bill.
Abolition Headlines
Abolitionists Rising released two new videos on YouTube:
Abolition Abortion Texas published an article recapping Bradley Pierce’s trip to testify for the Missouri Equal Protection Bill titled, “Pro-Life Groups OPPOSE Equal Protection in Missouri“. They also published another article titled, “How should the anti-abortion movement build unity?“. New Equal Protection t-shirts are also available in their store.
Resisting Balaam released two new podcast:
Pro-Life Headlines
South Carolina – The newly passed South Carolina Heartbeat Act (S.474):
- Legalizes the use of chemical abortion pills through all nine months of pregnancy.
- Codifies the murder of children by an abortion doctor (hitman):
- up until the hitman or nurse decides to find a heartbeat
- through 12 weeks if the mother claims she was sexually assaulted
- through the entire pregnancy in the case of a “fatal fetal anomaly”
North Carolina – The North Carolina legislature overrode the Governor’s veto to pass SB20. This bill:
- codifies the legal murder of children in the womb through 12 weeks if the mother decides to hire a hitman.
- codifies the legal murder of children in the womb through all nine months if done by the mother.
Nebraska – After LB626 (12-week abortion “ban”) failed in April, Nebraska Republicans added the legislation into LB574. This Act passed this week and codifies the legal murder of our neighbors in the womb:
- by a hitman through “the probable gestational age” of 12 weeks (longer if conceived in rape/incest).
- through all nine months if done by the mother.
Kristian Hawkins, President of Students for Life, tweeted a congratulatory tweet to Daniel Cameron, current Attorney General of Kentucky, for securing the republican nomination for KY’s Governor this week. Hawkins stated, “As Attorney General, Cameron defended preborn lives & protected pro-life laws against the radical abortion lobby’s assault. He will be a great pro-life Governor for Kentucky!” As a reminder, Cameron openly opposed HB300 which would have granted our KY neighbors in the womb equal protection. This and what Representative John McCravy did in South Carolina this week simply show yet again that the pro-life establishment has no interest in abolishing abortion.
Upcoming Events
June 11-12th – The Southern Baptist Convention in New Orleans. Although this is not an abolition conference or event, numerous abolitionists will be attending and engaging those at the convention and around New Orleans.
