COLUMBIA, S.C. — The "South Carolina Fetal Heartbeat Protection from Abortion Act" is waiting to be debated on the South Carolina house floor.
The bill, which would ban abortions after a heartbeat is detected, was approved out of committee this week.
At a healthcare conference Thursday, Governor Henry McMaster said he'd support it.
"As you know I'm pro-life, this is a pro-life state, I'll be happy to sign any pro-life bill that comes to my desk," McMaster said.
A similar version of the bill passed in Georgia last week and awaits the Governor's signature. In response, film and television employees working in Georgia's growing industry protested the bill.
Governor McMaster says he's not worried about it happening here.
"No sir, no sir," McMaster said when asked.
If the bill passed, it wouldn't be the first legislation in South Carolina to garner controversy.
This week, the California attorney general banned state-funded travel to SC over funding procedures that he called discriminatory against LGBT families trying to adopt.
In the past, the Governor has said the move protected religious freedoms.