The South Carolina House passed a GOP bill that would place a near-total ban on abortions for the second time since SCOTUS overturned Roe v. Wade. The State House approved the legislation in an 83-31 vote on Wednesday, largely along GOP party lines.
The state House approved the legislation in an 83-31 vote on Wednesday, largely along GOP party lines, that would prohibit abortions from conception with exceptions for rape, incest, fatal fetal anomaly, and the mother's life. It comes a week after the state Senate passed a bill that would ban abortions after cardiac activity is detected around six weeks of pregnancy, as Republican lawmakers disagree over what restrictions should be placed on abortion in the state.
State Republican lawmakers were at a similar stalemate last year when they failed to come to an agreement on what proposal to rally behind in the fall. The state's high court ruled that the law violates the state constitution's right to privacy, as it does not provide a woman"sufficient" time to determine she is pregnant. Justice Kaye Hearn, who authored the majority opinion, wrote that limitations on the procedure"must afford a woman sufficient time to determine she is pregnant and to take reasonable steps to terminate that pregnancy.
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