ABC News reports:
The South Carolina Senate approved a bill Tuesday that would ban most abortions after around six weeks of pregnancy, sending the bill to the governor who has promised to sign it.
The proposal restores the ban South Carolina had in place when the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last year — a ban that, once it took effect, was overturned by the state’s highest court because it violated the state Constitution’s right to privacy.
Republicans have been searching for an answer to that ruling because it left abortion legal through 22 weeks of pregnancy and sharply increased the number of abortions taking place in South Carolina as most other Southern states enacted stricter laws.
Read the full article. An earlier version of the bill included an amendment that called for the death penalty for women who have abortions.
BREAKING: The S.C. legislature just passed a ban on abortion after 6 weeks of pregnancy. The bill now heads to the governor, who is expected to sign the bill into law.
We have just one thing to say to the state of South Carolina: We’ll see you in court. pic.twitter.com/Bj4jFIFeUM
— PP South Atlantic SC (@PPSATSC) May 23, 2023