COLUMBIA, S.C. — Four of five South Carolina female senators on Wednesday blasted legislation that would ban nearly all abortions in the state and only offer limited exceptions that include if the pregnancy compromises the mother’s life and health.
One, a Republican from Charleston, called for the issue to be put on the ballot for a public vote — but, she said to her colleagues, “Y’all are scared.”
“I think it’s going to be interesting in the November elections to see what’s going to happen, because this issue is huge,” state Sen. Sandy Senn said. “Fifty-one percent of the population now are women. You don’t think that we’re going to vote on this? You don’t think that women will vote single-issue on something like this? Because they will.”
