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Elizabeth Urban

South Carolina Republican Wants to Make Abortions Punishable by Death

A South Carolina Republican wants to reintroduce a bill that would make abortions punishable by death. (Credit: AFP)

A South Carolina Republican wants to reintroduce a bill that would make abortions punishable by death.

The South Carolina Prenatal Equal Protection Act is a bill that seeks to include "an unborn child at any stage of development" in the state's definition of "person," as reported by HuffPost. Doing so would categorize abortion in many instances as murder.

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