South Carolina legislator says the state's fetal abortion law (which he voted for) will have dire consequences for a 19-year-old woman. Her voice choked as she explained that she had become
Republican Rep. Neil Collins told the South Carolina House Judiciary Committee in favor of banning abortion in its current form after hearing the situation of young women. said that it would not cast Raw stories reported.
The bill prohibits abortion, usually about 15 weeks after a heartbeat is detected. There are provisions permitting abortion for victims of incest or rape if the fetus is less than 20 weeks old or to save the mother's life.
Mr Collins said she had a sleepless night after hearing from her doctor how her 19-year-old girl, whose waters had broken after 15 weeks of pregnancy, came to the emergency room. .
The doctor was informed by a lawyer that due to a legislative bill, she could not have the fetus removed because she had a heartbeat.
He was told by the doctor that he had two options. It is to keep a woman in the hospital until her heart stops beating. This can take seconds to days. Or to let the woman out of the hospital to eliminate the fetus on her own in the toilet.
Collins was told that a woman had a more than 50% chance of losing her uterus and a 10% chance of developing sepsis and dying. ``That's a burden. ' said Collins.
A week after he heard of the woman's plight, he continued. Two weeks later he checked with them again and she was back in the hospital.
A fetus without a heartbeat was extracted.
"What we do matters," said an emotional Collins. His female colleague reached out her hand to support his arm.
When the chairman of the committee was about to move on, Mr. Collins said he was not done yet. Myself and many others would not be in a position to vote for this bill without significant changes to the bill.
The chairman of the committee then called for a vote on the bill, which was approved.
