South Carolina Senate passes 6-week abortion ban, ending filibuster by female senators

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

45% : That allowed abortion to continue in the state until 22 weeks of pregnancy.
42% : Most Southern states with the exception of Virginia have implemented restrictions on abortion, including North Carolina, where a Republican supermajority overrode the governor's veto last week to pass a 12-week ban that significantly narrows the window for legal abortions.
39% : The South Carolina Senate on Tuesday voted to ban abortion at roughly six weeks after ending a filibuster by the chamber's five female senators, who had become the bill's most outspoken opponents.
36% : An earlier ban on abortion after fetal cardiac activity is detected at roughly six weeks took effect briefly over the summer before being blocked by the courts.

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