Nine South Carolina Republicans who had co-sponsored one of the most severe anti-abortion proposals in the country have since withdrawn their support.
in the country have since withdrawn their support, reversing course on a measure that proposed applying the state’s homicide laws to people who undergo abortions.— all Republicans — since its introduction in January, lost support from nine of them in recent weeks.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.
"It was my intention to offer amendments. Clean it up," he said."I'm very clear that the current language this bill is not what I stand for." In a text message, Vaughan told NBC News that he removed his name because he did not believe a woman who has an abortion should be criminalized, and also that he had"signed on that bill in Error.”
"My view is simply, I don't want abortion to be used as birth control," Guffey said. "I don’t believe that a woman should be murdered for having an abortion." The remaining six legislators who withdrew their sponsorship -- Pedalino, Landing, Lawson, Ligon, Haddon and Willis -- did not respond to requests for comment.
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