South Carolina House Approves Six-Week Abortion Ban

The South Carolina House of Representatives has passed a bill that would ban most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, setting up a repeat fight in a red state that has become an unexpected battleground over abortion. The bill now goes back to the Senate for another vote. If passed, it would dramatically reduce abortion access for women in the state and across the region. The bill will test a South Carolina Supreme Court ruling in January, which found a right to abortion in the state Constitution and struck down a previous six-week ban.