South Carolina governor to sign ban on abortion past 19 weeks

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Reuters

South Carolina governor to sign ban on abortion past 19 weeks
By Harriet McLeod
May 25, 2016

By Harriet McLeod

CHARLESTON, Texas (Reuters) - Republican South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley on Wednesday signed into law a bill banning most abortions after 19 weeks of pregnancy unless the mother's life is at risk, a spokesperson told Reuters on Wednesday.

The South Carolina legislature passed the bill last week, making it the 17th U.S. state to approve such a ban.

A signing ceremony will take place on a date to be announced later, said Haley representative Chaney Adams.

The act, proposed last year in South Carolina's Republican-controlled legislature, passed after it was stripped of exceptions for pregnancies that result from rape or incest.

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[ericson00]

1. don't these GOP governors have anything more pressing to their state?

like education? bringing jobs? or just fetuses/embryos.

[packman]

2. Restrooms - Don't forget restrooms

God forbid we forget restrooms the modern day Sodom and Gomorrah

[ericson00]

3. its amazing how so many people who hate government

want to run it, just for their social agenda, instead of things that actually would improve life in the country.

[askeptic]

4. one word - UNCONSTITUTIONAL

(CBS)
The nonprofit Guttmacher Institute, which tracks abortion laws, knows of only one person ever charged under the bans. In 2011, an Idaho woman was arrested after giving herself an abortion with pills she bought online. That charge ultimately resulted in Idaho's law being struck down last year by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. The same court struck Arizona's law in 2013.

Without citing a reason, the U.S. Supreme Court declined in January 2014 to hear an appeal from Arizona - which had banned abortion at 18 weeks past fertilization.