South Carolina Senate Judiciary Committee Passes Born Alive Infant Protection Act

The Senate Judiciary Committee passed the Born Alive Infant Protection Act (S 1149) without opposition Tuesday afternoon. It now goes to the full Senate.

The Senators in Judiciary Committee that voted "yes" to the Born Alive Infant Protection Act were:

• John L. Scott, Jr.* (D-Richland)
• Floyd Nicholson (D-Greenwood)
• Tom Davis  (R-Beaufort)
• Lee Bright* (R-Spartansburg)
• A. Shane Massey (R-Edgefield)
• Michael T. Rose* (R-Dorchester)
• Philip Shoopman (R-Greenville)
• Chauncey K. Gregory (R-Lancaster)
• Kent M. Williams (D-Marion)
• Vincent A. Sheheen (D-Kershaw)
• C. Bradley Hutto (D-Orangeburg)
• Larry A. Martin (R-Pickens)
• John M. Knotts (R-Lexington)
• Gerald Malloy (D-Darlington)
• George E. Campsen* (R-Charleston)
• Joel Lourie* (D-Richland)

*Scott, Bright, Rose, Campsen & Lourie cast their votes via proxy