Bipartisan Women Senators Successfully Block South Carolina Abortion Ban

Five women state senators, including three Republicans, successfully filibustered a proposed near-total abortion ban in South Carolina, forcing any discussion of the ban into 2024. The move indicates that not all Republicans agree with the strictest abortion bans, and some are starting to see them as possible political liabilities. The successful filibuster came on the same day that the legislature in Nebraska defeated a ban on most abortions after six weeks by just one vote.