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Not long after the South Carolina House of Representatives approved a bill<\/a> protecting most preborn children from abortion in the state, the state Senate rejected it.<\/p>\n

At first, the South Carolina Senate Medical Affairs Committee advanced HB 5399<\/a>, but removed exceptions for rape and incest, which were included in the original House legislation. Some state senators responded by saying they could not accept a bill protecting preborn children without those exceptions included, which may have been what led to the bill’s defeat<\/a> this week.<\/p>\n

In a special session held to vote on the bill, five Republicans refused to support it. Republican Sen. Tom Davis had likewise threatened a filibuster, and while there were enough votes to pass the bill, there weren’t enough to override the potential filibuster.<\/p>\n

Davis said he promised his daughters not to make South Carolina’s current law protecting preborn children from abortion after six weeks \u2014 which is currently suspended \u2014 any harsher, according to the Associated Press<\/a>. \u201cThe moment we become pregnant we lost all control over what goes on with our bodies,\u201d he said his daughters told him. \u201cI\u2019m here to tell you I\u2019m not going to let it happen.”<\/p>\n

Senate Majority Leader Shane Massey claimed the Senate never had the votes to pass the bill as sent by the House. \u201cWe were never going to pass a total abortion ban,” he said. \u201cWe never had the votes to pass even what the House passed.\u201d Still, Massey told The State<\/a> he was disappointed by how things turned out.<\/p>\n

READ:\u00a0The hard cases: Is being \u2018pro-life with exceptions\u2019 actually pro-life?<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThis is not where I wanted to be,” he said. “I was hoping that we would do something pretty aggressive in response to Dobbs<\/em>. This is not everything that I wanted. But I do think that it is something the pro-life community ought to be proud of. We advanced the ball. We did save lives tonight, and I think that\u2019s important. We were never going to pass a total abortion ban. Y\u2019all knew that. We knew that.\u201d<\/p>\n

The bill has now been amended to included exceptions for rape, incest, and fetal anomalies, and will go back to the House for the changes to be approved. Bryan Simmes, a spokesman for Gov. Henry McMasters, indicated the governor supports the revised bill, and will sign it if passed.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Senate\u2019s bill \u2014 just like the House bill \u2014 strikes an appropriate balance,\u201d Symmes said. \u201cIt is the governor\u2019s hope that the House and Senate will soon come to an agreement and send a bill to his desk for signature.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Not long after the South Carolina House of Representatives approved a bill protecting most preborn children from abortion in the state, the state Senate rejected it. At first, the South Carolina Senate Medical Affairs Committee advanced HB 5399, but removed exceptions for rape and incest, which were included in the original House legislation. 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