South Carolina is the only southern state that has not already enacted stricter rules on abortion since the fall of Roe v. Wade. MORE ⬇️
It will now go to the Senate, where the measure actually started. It was amended Wednesday by House Representatives, following 24 hours of debate in a special session called by Gov. Henry McMaster.
The Republican-led legislature used its supermajority to overrode Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper's veto of the measure. Before the override, state law banned abortions after 20 weeks, with no exceptions for rape or incest.
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