A Senate Committee in South Carolina has sent a bill out of committee that would ban nearly all abortions in the state. The South Carolina heartbeat bill, similarly to heartbeat bills passed in other states, would ban abortion after a preborn child's heartbeat is detectable. With a vote of 9 to 6, the Senate Medical Affairs Committee advanced the bill only after exceptions for cases of rape or incest were added. Abortion providers who commit abortions after a heartbeat is detectable could face a $10,000 fine and up to two years in jail.Governor Henry McMaster said that he would will sign this bill into law if legislators pass it.
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