COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- The fate of a bill banning abortion past 19 weeks in South Carolina is returning to the House.
The Senate gave a second approval Wednesday to its compromise, sending the amended bill back to the House. That compromise added exceptions for cases of rape, incest, and severe fetal anomalies, which are generally detected around the 20th week.
The version the House passed in February has exceptions only to save the mother's life or to protect her from severe injury.
If the House accepts the Senate's additions, the bill will head to Gov. Nikki Haley's desk. If it doesn't, the bill almost certainly won't pass this year.
GOP Sen. Lee Bright promises to continue his fight against rape and incest exceptions if the bill returns to the Senate with those included.