(WCIV) — The State Senate Medical Affairs subcommittee continued discussions about Senate Bill 323 – a proposed near-total abortion ban.

The controversial bill creates new definitions for human life, contraception and makes abortion a felony. The bill also removes current exceptions for rape, incest and fatal fetal anomaly written into the state’s six-week ban.

On Tuesday, a motion to send a favorable report on Senate Bill 323 to the full medical affairs committee failed 3-2, with four members abstaining.

The proposal is not dead, but the effort did reveal a lack of support for the most extreme positions among groups opposing abortions.

The motion came after three hours of discussion of possible amendments to the bill. Some proposals sought to remove criminal and civil protections for

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