"Unforeseen Female Opposition Halts South Carolina's Abortion Ban"

The "Sister Senators," a group of five women in the South Carolina State Senate, including three Republicans, are blocking the legislature's attempts to pass a near-total ban on abortion, despite a Republican supermajority. The women have filibustered and resisted pressure from anti-abortion activists and fellow Republicans, arguing that abortion bans are about controlling women. They support the right to abortion with some restrictions, but their positions vary on gestational limits. The debate in South Carolina shows how much has not happened according to plan since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, with views on abortion proving to be far more nuanced than a red/blue divide.