Male GOP Senators Ignore Women, Vote for Abortion Ban in South Carolina

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : The ban, which bars abortion before most people know they are pregnant, will now go to the desk of Gov. Henry McMaster (R), who is expected to sign it.
43% : The three Republican women -- who, along with the two other female legislators, call themselves the "sister senators" -- filibustered the last attempt to ban abortion in the state in April, holding up plastic spines dropped off at their offices by the anti-abortion group Students for Life as a hint that they should grow one.
36% : Republicans tried three times in the last eight months to ban abortion completely, but were blocked by a contingent of five women in the Senate -- including three Republicans -- and a handful of Republican men who voted in line with them.
36% : Another of the Republican women, Katrina Shealy, introduced an amendment to ban abortion after 12 weeks -- and 20 weeks for victims of incest and rape -- instead.

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