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  • South Carolina Senate mulling ban on nearly all abortions

    CHRISTINA L. MYERS and JEFFREY COLLINS|May 4, 2018

    COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina Senate debated Thursday whether to ban nearly all abortions in the state, a surprise move suggested by a Democrat who has long fought abortion restrictions. Sen. Brad Hutto told Republicans if the bill passed he was going to give them what they wanted — the most direct way to challenge the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision that overturned state bans on abortions. No other state would have such a broad abortion ban. "I've heard all along that y'all want a challenge to Roe v. Wade. This is a straight up...