{"id":3493,"date":"2010-04-16T10:31:32","date_gmt":"2010-04-16T15:31:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kevinbryant.com\/?p=3493"},"modified":"2010-04-16T10:31:32","modified_gmt":"2010-04-16T15:31:32","slug":"taxpayer-to-fund-abortions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kevinbryant.com\/kbarchive\/taxpayer-to-fund-abortions\/","title":{"rendered":"taxpayer to fund abortions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Currently, the SC State Health Plan covers abortions in certain circumstances. Last month, the SC House adopted a budget proviso that prohibits the coverage of abortions except with the life of the mother is in jeopardy. In a 13-7 vote last night, the Senate Finance Committee removed the House proviso. Voting with to keep this proviso: Alexander, Bryant, Hayes, McGill, Ryberg, Thomas, Verdin; absent: Anderson, Grooms, Matthews<\/p>\n<p>Whether you favor the exceptions in rape and incest or not, you&#8217;ve got to remember that 1-the child is innocent and 2-the taxpayer should not be paying for these abortions.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestate.com\/2010\/04\/16\/1246142\/capitol-connection-state-house.html?RSS=general_news\">Here&#8217;s an article printed in the State:<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Senate won&#8217;t end abortion coverage<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Budget writers in the S.C. Senate have nixed House plans to end state health insurance plan coverage for abortions stemming from rape or incest.<\/p>\n<p>The 12-6 vote on Thursday came as the Senate Finance Committee resumed work on what has become a $4.9 billion state spending plan.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Kevin Bryant, R-Anderson, voted against the change, saying allowing abortions for rape or incest would put blood on every taxpayer&#8217;s hands.<\/p>\n<p>Others argued the exceptions for rape, incest and the mother&#8217;s health in the current law are consistent with what federal law allows.<\/p>\n<p>In a marathon session last month, the House ended state health insurance plan coverage for abortions unless they are needed to protect a mother&#8217;s health.<\/p>\n<p>-The Associated Press<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"result-text-style-normal\">\n<p><em><strong>That innocent blood be not shed in thy land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and so blood be upon thee. Deuteronomy 19:10 KJV<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Currently, the SC State Health Plan covers abortions in certain circumstances. Last month, the SC House adopted a budget proviso that prohibits the coverage of abortions except with the life of the mother is in jeopardy. In a 13-7 vote last night, the Senate Finance Committee removed the House proviso. Voting with to keep this [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3493","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-uncategorized","7":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2gEQ0-Ul","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kevinbryant.com\/kbarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3493","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kevinbryant.com\/kbarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kevinbryant.com\/kbarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kevinbryant.com\/kbarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kevinbryant.com\/kbarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3493"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kevinbryant.com\/kbarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3493\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kevinbryant.com\/kbarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kevinbryant.com\/kbarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kevinbryant.com\/kbarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}