H.3537 SC Prenatal Equal Protection Act

The bill expresses the following language:

“SECTION 2. The General Assembly finds the following: Acknowledging the sanctity of innocent human life, created in the image of God, the purpose of this act is:”

I’m just wondering how the language works here… In a separation of church and state, wouldn’t the state have to provide proof of the existence and appearance of God for whatever follows to be relevant? Don’t people have the right to not acknowledge the “sanctity of innocent human life”, the creation story that the government accepts, and the image of the God the government says is the right one? And how does this differ from a theocracy if the rules are prefaced as conditional on the attributes of that God?