Send women to jail for decades for having an abortion? Extremist Republicans get pushback, even from some in their own party Bram Sable-Smith, Lauren Sausser | March 19, 2026

https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2026/03/19/send-women-to-jail-for-decades-for-having-an-abortion-extremist-republicans-get-pushback-even-from-some-in-their-own-party/ When a trio of Republican state lawmakers introduced a bill last year that would subject women who obtain abortions to decades in prison, some reproductive rights advocates feared South Carolina might pass the “most extreme” abortion ban in the United States.