"Pro-life" Republican warns GOP that abortion is 'political minefield'

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

40% : As the bill drew closer to the House in recent weeks, however, South Carolina Republicans began to distance themselves from their previously steadfast positions on abortion.
39% : Governor Henry McMaster, who previously told reporters he personally supported a ban on abortion without exceptions, cast doubt on a similar bill's viability in the Senate, and has framed existing exceptions in state law as "reasonable."
38% : The new ban would go even further, aiming to "end the practice of abortion as birth control" in the state by removing all exceptions for rape and incest, bill sponsor John McCravy said in an August 24 hearing at the statehouse.
27% : In a lengthy statement to constituents Tuesday, South Carolina state Representative Bill Taylor -- considered one of the state's biggest anti-abortion legislators -- called efforts to further restrict abortion in the Palmetto State a "political minefield," harkening to a decision by Kansas voters to keep constitutionally guaranteed protections for abortion in their state as a symbol that a full-on repeal of abortion rights could be a risky proposition for the GOP entering the fall.

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