Abortion bans fail in red states Nebraska and South Carolina, signaling election headache for Republicans

Abortion bans have fallen short of passage in two heavily Republican states, signaling more political turmoil for the GOP as it seeks to enact restrictive policies. A handful of Republican state senators in both South Carolina and Nebraska defected from their party late Thursday to derail proposed near-total bans on abortion. In South Carolina, all five of the chamber’s female lawmakers, including three Republicans, united to lead a filibuster against the bill that would have banned abortion from conception. Republican Sen. Sandy Senn criticized Majority Leader Shane Massey for repeatedly “tak...