South Carolina Senate Rejects Near-Total Abortion Ban, But Doubles Down On 6-Week Limit
, derailing legislation that in its initial form would have banned abortion at any point during a pregnancy and made performing the procedure a felony., which bans abortion at six weeks—the same as the state’s existing ban, which is now blocked in court—and adds more restrictions to obtain abortions for rape and incest victims and pregnant people whose fetuses have abnormalities.on Tuesday to remove them, but some Republican lawmakers lobbied for the exceptions to be added back in.
The legislation will now go back to the House, which will consider whether to adopt the Senate’s changes.In addition to restricting abortion, HB 5399 also classifies fetuses as dependents starting at six weeks into a pregnancy, meaning they can be claimed for tax deductions of $3,000 per child.Whether more states will pass abortion bans. Republican lawmakers have been unexpectedly hesitant to move forward with new abortion restrictions in the wake of Roe v.
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