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A six-week abortion ban in South Carolina is inches away from becoming a reality. However, does South Carolina have resources ready if this happens?After submitting 1,000 amendments to the South Carolina fetal heartbeat bill.State representatives passed the bill 82 to 32.However, House Democrats called on their colleagues that if this bill is signed, the work is just beginning. Before they closed for the night, House Democrats voiced the need to improve other resources across the state. This includes improving DSS, health care, and education.State Rep. Chandra Dillard said resources across are not where they need to be."If we're serious about supporting women and supporting children, then all of that has to change," Dillard said.There are currently 4,610 DSS investigations open. Greenville has the most with 466.As for foster care, there were almost 7,000 young people served in the foster care system in 2022. There were also 556 finalized adoptions and more than 1500 kids reunited with their parents."We're going to add more numbers to that. That's what's going to happen with unwanted pregnancies. We're going to find those numbers increasing if we don't get to the root cause of a good healthy family," Dillard said.On the health care side, Medicaid pays for about 60% of all births across the state. Funding for state health and human services has gone down each year since 2017.The question is, are state leaders ready to address the cracks in the system?"Well, I certainly hope so because if you want to change behavior of people's choices, you need to help them support the choice or the only option that they have at this point," Dillard said, "I am hoping that you just won't get the child here. That the objective from the other side and abandon the child once it is here."Under this new version of the heartbeat bill, an amendment was added that would require the biological father to pay child support at soon as a child is conceived. This was done to hold men accountable for their actions.This version of the bill will go back to the Senate Tuesday to be voted on.

A six-week abortion ban in South Carolina is inches away from becoming a reality. However, does South Carolina have resources ready if this happens?

After submitting 1,000 amendments to the South Carolina fetal heartbeat bill.

State representatives passed the bill 82 to 32.

However, House Democrats called on their colleagues that if this bill is signed, the work is just beginning. Before they closed for the night, House Democrats voiced the need to improve other resources across the state. This includes improving DSS, health care, and education.

State Rep. Chandra Dillard said resources across are not where they need to be.

"If we're serious about supporting women and supporting children, then all of that has to change," Dillard said.

There are currently 4,610 DSS investigations open. Greenville has the most with 466.

As for foster care, there were almost 7,000 young people served in the foster care system in 2022. There were also 556 finalized adoptions and more than 1500 kids reunited with their parents.

"We're going to add more numbers to that. That's what's going to happen with unwanted pregnancies. We're going to find those numbers increasing if we don't get to the root cause of a good healthy family," Dillard said.

On the health care side, Medicaid pays for about 60% of all births across the state. Funding for state health and human services has gone down each year since 2017.

The question is, are state leaders ready to address the cracks in the system?

"Well, I certainly hope so because if you want to change behavior of people's choices, you need to help them support the choice or the only option that they have at this point," Dillard said, "I am hoping that you just won't get the child here. That the objective from the other side and abandon the child once it is here."

Under this new version of the heartbeat bill, an amendment was added that would require the biological father to pay child support at soon as a child is conceived. This was done to hold men accountable for their actions.

This version of the bill will go back to the Senate Tuesday to be voted on.

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'Is SC ready for a fetal heartbeat bill?': SC House Democrats voice need to improve state resources - WYFF4 Greenville