9 Republicans pull support of South Carolina anti-abortion bill

Nine South Carolina Republicans who had co-sponsored a bill that could penalize abortion with the death penalty have pulled their support.

Nine South Carolina Republicans who had co-sponsored one of the most severe anti-abortion proposals in the country have since withdrawn their support, reversing course on a measure that proposed applying the state’s homicide laws to people who undergo abortions.

The legislation, which had 24 co-sponsors — all Republicans — since its introduction in January, lost support from nine of them in recent weeks.

Reps. Kathy Landing and Matt Leber were the first to pull back support in late February.

Leber, who was also among the first Republicans to support the measure in January, told NBC News that he decided he couldn't support the bill's existing language and realized it had no chance of passing.

"In its current form, I cannot keep my name on it," Leber said. "I wouldn't want to prosecute or charge women at all, that's never been my philosophy on pro-life issues."

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/9-republicans-south-carolina-abortion-death-penalty-bill-rcna75383


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