South Carolina House Approves Abortion Ban With Exceptions After Rejecting Total Abortion Ban
The South Carolina House on Tuesday approved a bill to ban abortion with the exception of pregnancies due to rape or incest, or to save a mother’s life.
The legislative chamber initially rejected the bill which was a near-total abortion ban with no exceptions for rape or incest, in a vote of 47–55.
After the exceptions were added by Republicans to save the bill, the final vote to approve the measure was 67–38.
The bill has one more routine vote before it proceeds to the state’s Senate. Republicans control both the state House and Senate, but they are a few seats short of a two-thirds majority….