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A South Carolina legislative committee is scheduled to discuss a bill that would ban nearly all abortions in the state.

The proposed "Unborn Child Protection Act" would remove most exceptions currently allowed under the state's fetal heartbeat law.

Political groups are organizing protests and encouraging public testimony against the proposed legislation.

A South Carolina legislative committee is set to take up discussions on an all-out abortion ban.

The Senate medical affairs committee will take up discussion of the unborn child protection act on Oct. 1 at 9:30 a.m. at the Gressette Building in Columbia. Local and state political groups have called for the public to attend the hearing and testify against the bill. There is also a planned rally outside of the stateh

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