South Carolina House Approves Abortion Ban With Exceptions After Rejecting Total Abortion Ban

South Carolina House Approves Abortion Ban With Exceptions After Rejecting Total Abortion Ban
The State Capitol Building in Columbia, S.C., on June 24, 2009. Davis Turner/Getty Images
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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.

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