By The Associated Press
One of the South Carolina Legislature’s most ardent abortion foes is blocking a bill he and other abortion opponents have sought for years.
Republican Sen. Lee Bright of Roebuck began filibustering Thursday a bill that would ban abortion past 19 weeks because he opposes a compromise that would provide exceptions.
Democratic Sen. Brad Hutto of Orangeburg has blocked the bill for years. But he was willing to let the bill pass if it gave exceptions in cases of rape, incest or severe fetal anomalies. After he pledged to renew his opposition without the compromise, other abortion foes signed on to his amendment.
But Bright said he won’t accept exceptions for victims of rape and incest, and he’s willing to spend the last three weeks of the session blocking the bill.
