South Carolina lawmakers voted late Wednesday to ban abortions past six weeks
South Carolina House of Representatives is called back to finish bills from this year's session on May 16, 2023, in Columbia, S.C., as protestors showed in opposition.voted late Wednesday to ban abortions past six weeks, passing the state’s House of Representatives 82 to 33 after roughly 24 hours of contentious debate.
The bill is an amended version of a six-week ban that was approved by the Senate in February, and will head back to the Senate for another vote. If passed, the bill would be sent to Gov. Henry McMaster, who has staunchly expressed his support of a six-week ban. If signed, the ban would take effect immediately.
South Carolina is among the last refuges in the American South for those seeking legal abortions; if passed, the ban would make Virginia an outlier as a state where women still have unrestricted access to abortions. On Tuesday, North Carolina’s legislature passed a
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