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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Josh Marcus

Republican defends South Carolina abortion bill and says 10-year-old raped by dad could get Plan B at Walmart

South Carolina House of Representatives

A South Carolina representative defended a proposal from Republican state lawmakers to ban all abortions except in cases of rape or incest.

State house member Doug Giliam argued this week that a hypothetical 10-year-old girl who was raped by her father could still terminate the pregnancy under the new law, by going to the hospital or taking an ambulance to Walmart to buy the Plan B emergency contraceptive pill.

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