2024 GOP Presidential candidate Tim Scott has spoken out on abortion laws. While the Senator from South Carolina has kept his abortion stance vague since launching his Presidential campaign, that may have now ended. Scott has come out to give his support for an abortion bill banning abortions at 15 weeks.
“If I were president of the United States, I would certainly have a 15-week limit,” Scott told Axios today.
Showing his support for legislation that protects even more babies from abortions, last week Scott hailed South Carolina’s new heartbeat law as “good news.”
The new law, which Gov. Henry McMaster signed Thursday, protects unborn babies by banning elective abortions once their heartbeat is detectable, about six weeks of pregnancy. Scott said the new protections for unborn babies are a step in the right direction.
“The state is trying to protect the culture of life, and that’s good news. I mean, the heartbeat bill is a step in the direction of that,” Scott said.
Scott had pledged, back in April, that if elected he would pass the “most conservative pro-life legislation.” Though now he is stating that to get any such legislation passed on abortion, the government would need to work on changing the “hearts” and “minds” of the American people. What do you think? Does Scott have a plan?
