South Carolina
Related: About this forumSouth Carolina Democrats kill Senate GOP's abortion ban with days-long filibuster
COLUMBIA, SC -- At 1 a.m. Friday, after three days of debate and facing a Democratic filibuster with no end in sight, Senate Republicans gave in.
A bill that would have outlawed virtually all abortions in South Carolina was killed Friday morning after the Senate's GOP majority failed on a fourth try to sit down the Democrats who were keeping it from getting a final vote.
We just didnt have the votes," said Senate Majority Leader Shane Massey, R-Edgefield. "Its an important issue. We wanted to fight for it. We did fight for it. We have four or five different cloture votes, and it was obvious that we were not going to have the votes we needed to have in order to bash it.
The bill made exceptions only for cases of rape, incest or serious medical emergencies. It would have outlawed some 97 percent of the roughly 5,700 abortions performed each year in South Carolina.
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CaliforniaPeggy
(152,069 posts)This is a tactic from the Republican playbook: STAND FIRM. DO NOT BACK DOWN. DON'T QUIT.
bobbieinok
(12,858 posts)Me.
(35,454 posts)Dems fighting back
The lesson...it works