| As we've pointed out before, the SC GOP maintains the personhood of preborn children in its party platform: We believe that the right to life is the first inalienable right, without which there can be no other rights. We believe that all human life has intrinsic worth and therefore support vigorous legal protection at all stages of life, from the unborn child to the elderly to the infirmed and disabled. And:
We believe the Fourteenth Amendment's protection applies to unborn children. Unborn children should be classified as legal persons not as legal property. By longstanding tradition, however, the state's Republican party only passes (or attempts to pass) a single pro-life bill per legislative cycle. Why? Many party members claim that such bills are time-consuming and resources must be reserved for other legislative matters. In other words, there isn't a good reason. But for now, that's the way it is. For the current, 124th General Assembly the #heartbeatbill was it. That bill is now tied up in court challenges, where it's not protecting anyone—just like similar bills passed in other states.
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