South Carolina’s only Republican congresswoman wants to counter a state proposal that could result in women receiving the death penalty for having an abortion.
U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C. recently introduced a bill that would allow anyone sentenced to death for having an abortion to bring a lawsuit against state officials. Mace’s proposal would designate the act of executing a woman for having an abortion as cruel and unusual punishment, which is prohibited under the U.S. Constitution.
“Executing a woman who chooses not to carry her rapist’s child to term is the very definition of cruel and unusual punishment,” Mace, who represents a Lowcountry congressional district, said in a news release.
