As a state representative running a longshot campaign for South Carolina governor, Nikki Haley would often explain her opposition to abortion with a story about her family.
“I’m strongly pro-life, very pro-life, and not because my party tells me to be, but my husband was adopted, and so every day I know the blessings of having him there,” she said in 2010.
As a lawmaker and then governor, Haley supported some of the most restrictive abortion measures South Carolina’s legislature could pass. Some of her competitors - including Sen. Tim Scott, her fellow South Carolinian and erstwhile ally - have criticized her for not standing more firmly for what they say are conservative principles.
In 2010, Haley identified with the then-nascent tea party, a state legislator who advocated for spending cuts. Running against three men, Haley attacked what she called the “good ol’ boys” dominating the state’s politics. As governor, she signed the most conservative abortion bill South Carolina Republicans were able to pass through both chambers at the time. Supporters of the legislation, referred to colloquially as the “pain capable” bill, cited the disputed claim that a fetus can feel pain at 20 weeks. It allowed exceptions only if the mother’s life was in jeopardy or a doctor determined the fetus can’t survive outside the womb, but not for rape or incest.
Majorities of Republican men and women support their state allowing legal abortions up to 6 weeks into the pregnancy. Republican men are slightly more likely than GOP women to say abortion should be legalized at 15 weeks .
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