South Carolina Rep. Becomes Target Of Anti-abortion Group After She Advocates For Rape Exclusion In Proposed Bill
Posted on AllSides May 10th, 2019
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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...
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