“This is the most extreme, heinous bill restricting reproductive health care that we have faced yet,” one critic said.

A bill up for consideration in South Carolina’s GOP-dominant state legislature would ban abortion outright and implement major restrictions on contraceptives. South Carolina already has one of the most restrictive abortion laws in the country, banning the procedure after a supposed embryonic “heartbeat” is detected, usually after around six weeks of pregnancy. The law allows abortions up to…

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