Efforts to Pass Abortion Bans Fail in Two States

A bill to ban abortion around the sixth week of pregnancy fell one vote short of breaking a filibuster in the Nebraska Legislature.
South Carolina senators rejected a bill that would have banned nearly all abortions in the state.
South Carolina and Nebraska failed to pass new bills prohibiting abortion.
Nebraska's bill to ban most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy failed to advance in the state legislature.
South Carolina's senate rejected a bill that would ban most abortions in the state.