South Carolina to become latest US state to pass six-week abortion ban

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53% : South Carolina Republican state senator Sandy Senn debates a six week abortion ban at the state legislature in Columbia, South Carolina, U.S. May 23, 2023 Anti-abortion advocates in the South Carolina Senate, May 23, 2023 McGill Johnson added that the family planning organization is prepared to challenge the law in court.
47% : In the absence of that ban, conservative South Carolina, surrounded by several states that have restricted abortion, had become an unexpected refuge for women in the US South seeking abortions -- to the ire of some Republicans.
45% : Democratic state Sen. Margie Bright Matthews speaks during debate on a measure to ban abortion after six weeks of pregnancy at the Statehouse on May 23, 2023 in Columbia, South Carolina South Carolina Sens. Penry Gustafson, R-Camden, left, Katrina Shealy, R-Lexington, center, and Sandy Senn, R-Charleston, right, wait for the Senate to adjourn after a stricter abortion ban they all voted against passed on Tuesday, May, 23, 2023, in Columbia, South Carolina
43% : Nebraska's governor Jim Pillen signed a bill Monday that bans abortion at 12 weeks of pregnancy and restricts gender-affirming medical care for people younger than 19.
40% : The South Carolina Senate voted on Tuesday to ban abortion after six weeks of pregnancy, despite an attempt to block the bill by its five female lawmakers.
38% : READ MORE: Republican states face an exodus of doctors amid abortion bans: Survey finds 60% of medics are 'unlikely' to practice in state with restrictions Advertisement Twenty-four states have passed or attempted to pass restrictions on abortion since Roe v. Wade was overturned last year.
32% : During debates around an earlier attempt to pass the bill, Republican state Senator Sandy Senn said 'the men in the chamber' were metaphorically 'slapping women by raising abortion again and again and again.'
31% : 'This is a devastating blow to South Carolinians and to an entire region where patients' options for accessing abortion continue to dwindle,' said Alexis McGill Johnson, president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America.

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