MORNING HEADLINES | Members of an S.C. Senate subcommittee on Tuesday will discuss an abortion bill that the Associated Press says “would go further than any considered since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.”
According to the story, the proposal would ban all abortions, unless a woman’s life were at risk. It seeks to eliminate exceptions for rape and incest victims up to 12 weeks. Women who get abortions could face 30 years in prison. It appears to ban IUDs and some other forms of contraception. It could limit in-vitro fertilization. The measure also includes language that could send women to prison for getting abortions. And even providing information about abortion may become illegal.
Despite frenzied activists who push for more and more abortion restrictions, the ultra-conservative proposal still faces uphill battles in the legislature.
Meanwhile on Friday, Columbia police had one person in custody after a shooting that injured another in a parking lot adjacent to a Planned Parenthood facility. Police said they were trying to determine whether the shooting was related to the health clinic, which often draws protesters to the area.
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