Eight South Carolina have rescinded their support of a controversial abortion bill that proposes punishing women who undergo them as harshly as murderers, after some questioned whether it could lead to the death penalty.
The bill - titled the South Carolina Prenatal Equal Protection Act of 2023 - seeks to class abortions as homicides and punish women who undergo them in the same way as convicted murderers. The legislation offers no exceptions for rape or incest.
It was proposed by Rep. Rob Harris in January, and quietly gathered support in the House Legislature until this week, when it grabbed the attention of pro-choice activists and the media.
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