GOP Dissenters Block Abortion Bans in South Carolina and Nebraska.

Abortion bans in Nebraska and South Carolina fell one vote short of passing in their legislatures, with opponents of the bills celebrating outside the legislative chambers. The Nebraska proposal, backed by Republican Gov. Jim Pillen, is unlikely to move forward this year after the bill banning abortion around the sixth week of pregnancy fell one vote short of breaking a filibuster. In South Carolina, where abortion remains legal through 22 weeks of pregnancy, the vote marked the third time a near-total abortion ban has failed in the Republican-led Senate chamber since the U.S. Supreme Court reversed Roe v. Wade last summer.