SC: Unborn Victims of Violence Act of 2006

COLUMBIA, SC (March 1, 2006) – The Unborn Victims of Violence Act of 2006 (S1084) passed the S.C. Senate on a voice vote Wednesday ending an eight-year political battle to overcome Senate opponents who say that recognizing an unborn child as a separate victim of crime is a stepping stone to overturning Roe vs. Wade.

The bill now goes to the SC House. The House has passed the Unborn Victims bill three times in eight years only to have it defeated by extremist pro-abortion senators.

The South Carolina Unborn Victims of Violence Act means that when a criminal attacks a pregnant woman and the unborn child is killed or injured, that child is a separate victim and the criminal can be charged with crimes against two victims.

The state legislation parallels the federal “Laci and Connor’s Law,” which President George W. Bush signed into law in April of 2004. The federal bill is named in memory of murder victims Laci Peterson and her unborn son Connor.

U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., strongly supports the SC legislation and recently urged the state senate to pass the bill. He was a primary co-sponsor of the federal bill when he served in the U.S. House.

Thanks to FWD from Paul Witt.