South Carolina Rep. Becomes Target Of Anti-abortion Group After She Advocates For Rape Exclusion In Proposed Bill

South Carolina state Rep. Nancy Mace has become a focus of an anti-abortion group, as well as a fellow Republican lawmaker, following a speech where she advocated for rape and incest exemptions to a proposed abortion ban making its way through the state legislature.

Mace, a Republican, gave the speech to House members in Columbia, South Carolina two weeks ago and revealed her own experience as a survivor of a rape that occurred when she was 16.

"Rape is not a partisan issue," Mace said in her speech. "A rapist is not a father. And I hope and pray any women or teenager who is raped or assaulted or a victim of incest would choose life. [But] I'm not going to take that [decision] away from anybody else. You have no idea what a woman or child goes through who is a victim of rape or incest."