A South Carolina bill would offer women who would have sought abortion care , if not for the state’s ban, compensation for continuing their pregnancies to term. The proposal is currently being considered by a South Carolina Senate subcommittee.
The bill, called the South Carolina Pro Birth Accountability Act , will require the state to provide women who would have obtained abortion care if not for the ban with “reasonable living, legal, medical, psychological, and psychiatric expenses that are directly related to prenatal, intrapartal, and postpartal period,” according to the bill.
“It provides just compensation to women and girls who are eligible under South Carolina law. Now that we have the six-week abortion ban, I thought it only fitting and appropriate for the state to help cover the escalating costs of prenatal and postnatal care, from conception to college,” South Carolina state Sen. Mia McLeod, the sponsor of the bill, said in a video statement at Wednesday’s subcommittee hearing that was posted on X, formerly known as Twitter.