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Lawmakers advance near-total abortion ban to full Senate after stripping rape and incest exceptions
South Carolina lawmakers advance near-total abortion ban to full Senate after stripping rape and incest exceptions
By Dianne Gallagher and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN
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Updated 11:19 PM EDT, Tue September 6, 2022
CNN — A South Carolina Senate committee voted Tuesday afternoon to send a proposed near-total ban on abortion to the state Senate for consideration after first removing an exception for rape and incest – a move sure to set up a fight over the legislation in the full chamber.
The South Carolina Senate Medical Affairs Committee advanced House Bill 5399 in a 9-8 vote, with two Republicans joining Democrats in voting against it. The Senate is scheduled to meet Wednesday.
Several members of the state Senate, as well as the House, have said they cannot support a bill that does not include an exception for pregnancies that result from rape or incest.
The state Senate committee voted 7-3 on Tuesday morning to eliminate an exception added by the state House last week for cases of rape or incest up to 12 weeks after conception, with required reporting to law enforcement. ... The committee vote to amend the bill involved only Republican men, as Democrats on the committee abstained from the vote in an apparent strategic move to reduce the bill’s chances of passing in the full Senate.
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By Dianne Gallagher and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN
https://twitter.com/dianneg
https://twitter.com/VeronicaStrac
Updated 11:19 PM EDT, Tue September 6, 2022
CNN — A South Carolina Senate committee voted Tuesday afternoon to send a proposed near-total ban on abortion to the state Senate for consideration after first removing an exception for rape and incest – a move sure to set up a fight over the legislation in the full chamber.
The South Carolina Senate Medical Affairs Committee advanced House Bill 5399 in a 9-8 vote, with two Republicans joining Democrats in voting against it. The Senate is scheduled to meet Wednesday.
Several members of the state Senate, as well as the House, have said they cannot support a bill that does not include an exception for pregnancies that result from rape or incest.
The state Senate committee voted 7-3 on Tuesday morning to eliminate an exception added by the state House last week for cases of rape or incest up to 12 weeks after conception, with required reporting to law enforcement. ... The committee vote to amend the bill involved only Republican men, as Democrats on the committee abstained from the vote in an apparent strategic move to reduce the bill’s chances of passing in the full Senate.
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