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- Several states have banned and criminalized abortion since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
- A South Carolina legislator proposed the death penalty as punishment for women who get abortions.
- The new bill, still in the legislature, would equate abortion to homicide.
South Carolina is the latest GOP-led state to propose a bill that would make the death penalty a punishment for abortion.
State Rep. Rob Harris introduced the South Carolina Prenatal Equal Protection Act of 2023 last week, which could make getting an abortion the same as committing homicide. The bill had been prefiled in December and is now sits in the Judiciary Committee.