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SC Lede: Abortion Ban Marathon Debate

South Carolina House lawmakers debate the six-week abortion ban bill at 1:30 a.m. Wednesday, May 17, 2023. Lawmakers receded for eight hours due to a computer glitch and eventually passed the bill Wednesday evening after voting on dozens of amendments among the nearly 1000 amendments Democrats introduced.
Gavin Jackson
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South Carolina House lawmakers debate the six-week abortion ban bill at 1:30 a.m. Wednesday, May 17, 2023. Lawmakers receded for eight hours due to a computer glitch and eventually passed the bill Wednesday evening after voting on dozens of amendments among the nearly 1000 amendments Democrats introduced.

This episode of the South Carolina Lede for May 20, 2023 features an extensive recap of the nearly 24 hours of debate this week in the South Carolina House of Representatives over a six-week abortion ban bill. The House approved the legislative, which now heads to the state Senate.

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Gavin Jackson graduated with a visual journalism degree from Kent State University in 2008 and has been in the news industry ever since. He has worked at newspapers in Ohio, Louisiana and most recently in South Carolina at the Florence Morning News and Charleston Post and Courier.