South Carolina Republicans didn’t need Kansas to tell them that most people, even in blood-red states, support legalized abortion.
The failed Kansas referendum to constitutionally ban abortion showed Palmetto State Republicans that they need to keep doing what they’re already doing: Ignoring reality, making life worse for a chunk of South Carolinians and answering only to the most extreme of their gerrymandered bases.
A July poll found that 61% of South Carolina voters support abortion. Almost 70% believe that it’s a woman’s choice to get an abortion and that lawmakers shouldn’t interfere with that choice. Those percentages align with national polls.
